Isle aux Canots, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Isle aux Canots (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Isle aux Canots was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 8. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.087°N, 70.561°W.

Population

In 1861, Isle aux Canots had a population of 8.

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 Ile aux Canots, 1851 (27.5% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Ile aux Grues, 1871 (1.8% share).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 8 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,000 value farms (dollars), $574 value all livestock, 500 pounds of homemade butter, $200 value farm implements in dollars, $200 value horses aged over 3 years, 160 bushels of oats, 125 acres of land in farms, 100 bushels of potatoes, 75 acres of farmland under cultivation, 55 acres of farmland under crops, 50 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 45 pounds of wool produced on farms, 40 bushels of rye, 32 tons of hay, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 20 acres of farmland in pasture, 14 calves and heifers, 10 milk cows, 10 sheep, 9 acres of oats, 8 barrels of pork, 6 acres of rye, 5 bulls, oxen, or steers, 3 acres of spring wheat, 3 horses aged over 3 years, 3 swine, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 barrels of beef, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 36 yards of flannel, 18 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 10 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC035005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC035005 — 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). "Isle aux Canots, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-aux-canots-qc035005-1861/.