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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Isle-aux-Noix (Prison), Quebec (1861 census)

Isle-aux-Noix (Prison) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.123°N, 73.265°W.

Population

In 1861, Isle-aux-Noix (Prison) had a population of 128: 1,911 male and 1,906 female residents.

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

Later boundary forms

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,911 males, 1,906 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,879, Female members of the family who are present: 1,870, 1,345 single females, 1,332 single males, 523 married males, 508 married females, 203 males attending school, 173 females attending school, 128 total population, 120 adult females unable to read or write, 118 adult males unable to read or write, 71 male births, 70 female births, 56 widowed males, 53 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 272 females aged 5 to 10, 258 males aged 5 to 10, 254 single males aged 10 to 15, 234 single females aged 10 to 15, 229 single females aged 15 to 20, 209 single males aged 15 to 20, 172 single males aged 20 to 30, 149 single females aged 20 to 30, 134 married females aged 40 to 50, 131 married males aged 40 to 50, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 111 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 females age 3 to 4, 82 females aged 1 to 2, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 74 males aged 3 to 4, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 66 married females aged 50 to 60, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 44 single females aged 30 to 40, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 single females aged 40 to 50, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 single males aged 40 to 50, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 97 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $3,500 value farms (dollars), 2,660 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,327 bushels of potatoes, 966 bushels of carrots, 951 tons of hay, 600 bushels of turnips, 450 bushels of oats, 124 acres of land in farms, 90 acres of farmland under cultivation, 85 bushels of spring wheat, 59 acres of farmland under crops, 51 bushels of peas, 34 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 30 acres of farmland in pasture, $25 value garden and orchard crops, 20 acres of oats, 6 acres of spring wheat, 5 acres of potatoes, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of peas, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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-Noix (Prison), Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-aux-noix-prison-qc051001-1861/.