Island of Anticosti, Quebec (1861 census)

Island of Anticosti was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 67. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4543508. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.843°N, 64.431°W.

Population

In 1861, Island of Anticosti had a population of 67.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Island of Anticosti shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 9 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 67 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 27 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 25 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in the United States. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC047010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4543508
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Anticosti,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Anticosti

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). "Island of Anticosti, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/island-of-anticosti-qc047010-1861/.