Isle aux Grues, Quebec (1861 census)

Isle aux Grues was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.065°N, 70.540°W.

Population

In 1861, Isle aux Grues had a population of 483.

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Ile aux Grues, 1871 (28.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Isle aux Grues shared boundaries with:

• Isle aux Oies

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 483 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 469 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $118,560 value farms (dollars), 20,380 pounds of homemade butter, $15,064 value all livestock, 10,892 bushels of potatoes, $6,497 value horses aged over 3 years, $5,547 value farm implements in dollars, 4,065 acres of land in farms, 3,912 pounds of maple sugar, 3,268 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,229 bushels of oats, 2,236 acres of farmland under crops, 1,864 bushels of spring wheat, 1,572 tons of hay, 1,457 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,336 bushels of rye, 1,020 acres of farmland in pasture, 797 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $601 value garden and orchard crops, 359 sheep, 283 bushels of barley, 277 pounds of flax or hemp, 221 milk cows, 194 calves and heifers, 189 barrels of pork, 178 acres of spring wheat, 157 acres of rye, 150 bushels of turnips, 145 acres of oats, 136 swine, 124 bushels of peas, 95 horses aged over 3 years, 79 acres of potatoes, 60 barrels of beef, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 42 occupants of farms, 35 bulls, oxen, or steers, 29 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 acres of barley, 12 acres of farmland in gardens, 12 acres of peas, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,120 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,080 yards of flannel, 362 yards of fulled cloth, 304 yards of linen, 67 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 34 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC035003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC035003 — 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 Grues, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-aux-grues-qc035003-1861/.