Ile Verte, Quebec (1891 census)

Ile Verte was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,415. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3204352. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.997°N, 69.309°W.

Population

In 1891, Ile Verte had a population of 2,415: 1,244 male and 1,171 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).

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Isle Verte, 1881 (90.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Ile Verte shared boundaries with:

• Cacouna
• St. Arsène
• St. Eloi
• St. Epiphane
• St. Paul de la Croix
• Trois-Pistoles

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,415 total population, 1,244 males, 1,171 females, 724 married persons, 388 families, 362 married females, 362 married males, 76 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,615 single persons under 18, 849 single males under 18, 766 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,413 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 385 houses, 385 occupied houses, 380 houses built of wood, 363 houses of 1 story, 135 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 61 houses of 3 rooms, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 107,425 pounds of homemade butter, 62,592 bushels of potatoes, 37,681 acres of land in farms, 24,236 acres of improved land in farms, 22,501 bushels of oats, 21,898 acres of farmland under crops, 13,445 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,594 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,454 bushels of spring wheat, 4,047 acres of hay crops, 3,909 tons of hay, 3,482 chickens, 2,869 bushels of rye, 2,268 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,242 sheep, 2,155 bushels of turnips, 1,986 bushels of barley, 1,972 acres of oats, 1,581 bushels of peas, 1,563 milk cows, 1,451 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,337 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,062 swine, 716 bushels of buckwheat, 626 other cattle, 595 acres of wheat, 488 horses aged over 3 years, 464 acres of potatoes, 442 cattle killed or sold, 335 occupants of farms, 317 geese, 236 farm occupants who own their land, 186 acres of barley, 122 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 horses aged 3 years and under, 96 farm occupants who rent their land, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 70 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 oxen, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 bushels of corn, 16 acres of turnips, 13 bushels of beans, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 turkeys, 7 ducks, 4 other fowl, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC192005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3204352
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-Verte
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-Verte

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 Verte, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ile-verte-qc192005-1891/.