Gaspé Bay, South, Quebec (1861 census)

Gaspé Bay, South was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 520. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.878°N, 64.625°W.

Population

In 1861, Gaspé Bay, South had a population of 520: 276 male and 244 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in York & Gaspé Bay S, Township, 1851 (47.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Gaspé Bay, South shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Sydenham, South

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 520 total population, 276 males, 244 females, Male members of the family who are present: 238, Female members of the family who are present: 214, 184 single males, 154 single females, 86 married males, 80 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, 37 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, 27 adult females unable to read or write, 10 widowed females, 6 male births, 6 widowed males, 4 female births, 2 females attending school, 2 males attending school, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 single females aged 10 to 15, 29 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 males aged 5 to 10, 26 females aged 5 to 10, 24 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 married males aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 19 females age 3 to 4, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 4 females aged 1 to 2, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 288 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 124 French Canadians, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 14 persons originating in France, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in the United States. 32 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $59,780 value farms (dollars), 11,840 pounds of homemade butter, $11,687 value all livestock, 9,109 bushels of potatoes, 6,242 acres of land in farms, 5,557 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $4,595 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,083 bushels of oats, $1,486 value farm implements in dollars, 826 bushels of turnips, 685 acres of farmland under cultivation, 597 acres of farmland under crops, 557 pounds of wool produced on farms, 442 tons of hay, 290 bushels of spring wheat, 266 bushels of barley, 230 sheep, 142 milk cows, 107 calves and heifers, 96 swine, 95 barrels of pork, 86 acres of farmland in pasture, $80 value garden and orchard crops, 71 acres of oats, 65 barrels of beef, 60 bushels of carrots, 55 occupants of farms, 54 acres of potatoes, 54 horses aged over 3 years, 30 bushels of peas, 29 bulls, oxen, or steers, 26 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 acres of spring wheat, 10 acres of barley, 10 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 9 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 158 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 142 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 7 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC019006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC019006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Gaspé Bay, South, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-bay-south-qc019006-1861/.