Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1891 census)

Ile aux Coudres was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 907. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2720280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.399°N, 70.385°W.

Population

In 1891, Ile aux Coudres had a population of 907: 455 male and 452 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, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 907 total population, 455 males, 452 females, 272 married persons, 136 married females, 136 married males, 114 families, 39 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 7.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 596 single persons under 18, 301 single males under 18, 295 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 906 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 104 houses, 104 houses built of wood, 104 occupied houses, 103 houses of 1 story, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 1 room, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 57,449 bushels of potatoes, 7,677 pounds of homemade butter, 7,648 acres of land in farms, 5,800 acres of improved land in farms, 4,082 bushels of oats, 3,036 acres of farmland under crops, 2,698 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,658 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,636 bushels of rye, 2,351 bushels of turnips, 1,848 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,208 chickens, 1,203 bushels of peas, 1,138 tons of hay, 986 sheep, 883 bushels of barley, 635 bushels of spring wheat, 549 acres of hay crops, 535 acres of oats, 468 sheep slaughtered or sold, 461 acres of potatoes, 440 swine, 341 geese, 338 swine slaughtered or sold, 285 milk cows, 155 horses aged over 3 years, 154 other cattle, 113 acres of wheat, 91 bushels of buckwheat, 91 occupants of farms, 88 acres of barley, 79 farm occupants who own their land, 66 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 cattle killed or sold, 61 oxen, 55 turkeys, 47 other fowl, 39 horses aged 3 years and under, 31 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 ducks, 15 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 bushels of beans, 6 bushels of corn, 4 employees on farms, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC147002 — 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 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). "Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ile-aux-coudres-qc147002-1891/.