Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks, Quebec (1891 census)
Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 398. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.614°N, 61.529°W.
Population
In 1891, Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks had a population of 398: 210 male and 188 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Grande Entrée, 1901 (18.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wolfe, Bryon Islands, Grosse Ile & Bird Rocks, 1901 (81.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 398 total population, 210 males, 188 females, 124 married persons, 62 married females, 62 married males, 61 families, 13 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 6.50 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 261 single persons under 18, 145 single males under 18, 116 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 240 persons who are not French Canadian, 158 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 58 houses, 58 houses built of wood, 58 occupied houses, 34 houses of 2 stories, 24 houses of 1 story, 22 houses of 1 room, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,458 pounds of homemade butter, 3,765 acres of land in farms, 3,594 bushels of potatoes, 3,142 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,107 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 623 acres of improved land in farms, 613 bushels of turnips, 588 bushels of oats, 470 chickens, 397 acres of farmland under crops, 390 sheep, 306 tons of hay, 261 acres of hay crops, 255 bushels of barley, 226 acres of farmland in pasture, 138 milk cows, 96 other cattle, 77 swine, 68 occupants of farms, 65 farm occupants who own their land, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 41 cattle killed or sold, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 36 acres of potatoes, 32 geese, 31 sheep slaughtered or sold, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 25 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22 acres of oats, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 ducks, 8 oxen, 7 acres of barley, 7 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC154011— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grosse-ile-isle-bryon-bird-rocks-qc154011-1891/.