Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1861 census)

Ile aux Coudres was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2720280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.399°N, 70.385°W.

Population

In 1861, Ile aux Coudres had a population of 700: 329 male and 371 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 700 total population, 371 females, Female members of the family who are present: 364, 329 males, Male members of the family who are present: 323, 255 single females, 216 single males, 107 married females, 96 married males, 74 females attending school, 66 males attending school, 44 adult males unable to read or write, 32 adult females unable to read or write, 23 male births, 21 female births, 17 widowed males, 9 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, Males present who are not members of the family: 6, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 41 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 females aged 5 to 10, 37 single males aged 15 to 20, 36 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 married females aged 20 to 30, 35 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 5 to 10, 22 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 married males aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 females age 3 to 4, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 males aged 3 to 4, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 697 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $218,730 value farms (dollars), 30,257 bushels of potatoes, $25,574 value all livestock, 9,075 bushels of oats, $9,052 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,914 acres of land in farms, 4,774 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,202 pounds of homemade butter, 4,147 bushels of rye, 3,747 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,140 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,535 acres of farmland under crops, 2,535 bushels of barley, 2,280 pounds of maple sugar, 2,174 acres of farmland in pasture, $2,174 value farm implements in dollars, $1,812 value garden and orchard crops, 1,755 sheep, 1,331 bushels of spring wheat, 1,234 pounds of flax or hemp, 685 acres of rye, 670 bushels of peas, 609 acres of oats, 554 tons of hay, 379 bulls, oxen, or steers, 333 swine, 313 calves and heifers, 290 barrels of pork, 257 milk cows, 234 acres of potatoes, 205 acres of spring wheat, 193 acres of barley, 159 bushels of turnips, 149 horses aged over 3 years, 107 acres of peas, 75 occupants of farms, 65 acres of farmland in gardens, 59 barrels of beef, 47 horses aged 3 years and under, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3 bushels of carrots, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,103 yards of linen, 2,943 yards of flannel, $2,129 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,605 yards of fulled cloth, 198 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 639 pounds of fresh fish sold, 99 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC013005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048002_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2720280
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres

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). "Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ile-aux-coudres-qc013005-1861/.