Gibraltar Cove and other places, Quebec (1861 census)

Gibraltar Cove and other places was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 370. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.309°N, 62.841°W.

Population

In 1861, Gibraltar Cove and other places had a population of 370.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Gibraltar Cove and other places shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 370 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 311 French Canadians, 41 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. 6 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC047007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047007 — 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). "Gibraltar Cove and other places, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gibraltar-cove-and-other-places-qc047007-1861/.