Grosse Isle, Quebec (1861 census)

Grosse Isle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 37. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.028°N, 70.670°W.

Population

In 1861, Grosse Isle had a population of 37: 286 male and 355 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 became part of Ile aux Grues, 1871 (6.3% share).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 91 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 355 females, Female members of the family who are present: 339, 286 males, 270 single females, Male members of the family who are present: 264, 198 single males, 83 females attending school, 81 married males, 75 adult males unable to read or write, 75 married females, 64 males attending school, 37 adult females unable to read or write, 37 total population, Males present who are not members of the family: 22, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, 15 female births, 11 male births, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 54 females aged 5 to 10, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 49 single males aged 10 to 15, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 males aged 5 to 10, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 single males aged 20 to 30, 21 married females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 married females aged 20 to 30, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 25 French Canadians, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $4,000 value farms (dollars), 1,200 acres of land in farms, 1,110 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 90 acres of farmland under cultivation, 80 acres of farmland in pasture, 10 acres of farmland under crops, 10 tons of hay, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC035002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC035002 — 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). "Grosse Isle, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grosse-isle-qc035002-1861/.