Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks, Quebec (1881 census)
Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 377. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.614°N, 61.529°W.
Population
In 1881, Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks had a population of 377: 196 male and 181 female residents. Population density was 14.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 377 |
| 1891 | 398 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 68 |
| Number of families | 68 |
| Number of females | 181 |
| Number of males | 196 |
| Number of married females | 59 |
| Number of married males | 60 |
| Number of married persons | 119 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 10 |
| POP TOT | 377 |
| Total population | 377 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 117 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 131 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 248 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 68 |
| Number of occupied houses | 68 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 200 |
| Acres of potatoes | 49 |
| BAR BU | 199 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 199 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 364 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,774 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,301 |
| HAY AC | 200 |
| HAY TONS | 367 |
| OAT BU | 364 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 49 |
| POT BU | 3,774 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 367 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,282 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 256 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 66 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,610 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 8,299 |
| Number of fishing boats | 91 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 133 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 226,200 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 683 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 23 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,282 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 133 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 91 |
| C UNMD F | 117 |
| C UNMD M | 131 |
| C UNMD TOT | 248 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 683 |
| D OCC | 68 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 181 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 8,299 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 68 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 23 |
| HAL XB Q | 6 |
| LOB XC P | 226,200 |
| MALE | 196 |
| MCK XB Q | 256 |
| MD F | 59 |
| MD M | 60 |
| MD TOT | 119 |
| NET XX F | 2,610 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 66 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 82 |
| TUR BU | 1,301 |
| WID F | 5 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 10 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154011 — 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 1881 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). "Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grosse-ile-isle-bryon-bird-rocks-qc039023-1881/.