Isle of Anticosti, Quebec (1891 census)
Isle of Anticosti was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.843°N, 64.431°W.
Population
In 1891, Isle of Anticosti had a population of 253: 146 male and 107 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 676 |
| 1891 | 253 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Isle of Anticosti shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 253 total population, 146 males, 107 females, 74 married persons, 42 families, 37 married females, 37 married males, 10 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 6 average size of families, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 169 single persons under 18, 102 single males under 18, 67 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 167 French Canadians, 86 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 42 occupied houses, 41 houses, 40 houses built of wood, 38 houses of 1 story, 21 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,647 bushels of potatoes, 1,140 pounds of homemade butter, 611 bushels of turnips, 210 acres of improved land in farms, 210 acres of land in farms, 184 chickens, 148 acres of farmland under crops, 93 tons of hay, 88 acres of hay crops, 70 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 62 acres of farmland in pasture, 55 swine, 54 bushels of barley, 43 acres of potatoes, 42 occupants of farms, 39 swine slaughtered or sold, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 farm occupants who own their land, 32 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 21 sheep slaughtered or sold, 19 milk cows, 18 ducks, 16 geese, 11 acres of turnips, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 other cattle, 8 sheep, 7 acres of barley, 7 horses aged over 3 years, 7 other fowl, 7 oxen, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 cattle killed or sold, 1 employees on farms, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149028— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149028— 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 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). "Isle of Anticosti, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-of-anticosti-qc149028-1891/.