Isle Verte, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Isle Verte (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Isle Verte was a census subdivision in Temiscouata County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,302. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.001°N, 69.319°W.

Population

In 1861, Isle Verte had a population of 3,302: 1,752 male and 1,550 female residents. Population density was 65.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	2,681
1861	3,302
1871	3,212
1881	3,131

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Isle Verte shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 314 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (25 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	1,416
Females present who are not members of the family	134
Male members of the family who are present	1,673
Males present who are not members of the family	79
Number of adult females unable to read or write	258
Number of adult males unable to read or write	382
Number of deaf and dumb males	2
Number of female births in the past year	51
Number of females	1,550
Number of females attending school	258
Number of lunatic males	1
Number of male births in the past year	57
Number of males	1,752
Number of males attending school	187
Number of married females	482
Number of married males	489
Number of single females	989
Number of single males	1,229
Number of widowed females	79
Number of widowed males	34
POP FX N.1	1,550
POP MX N.1	1,752
POP TOT	3,302
POP XX N.1	3,302
Total population	3,302

Age structure (56 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	47
Number of females aged 1 to 2	59
Number of females aged 2 to 3	53
Number of females aged 4 to 5	46
Number of females aged 5 to 10	234
Number of females of unknown age	6
Number of males aged 1 to 2	61
Number of males aged 2 to 3	63
Number of males aged 3 to 4	47
Number of males aged 4 to 5	58
Number of males aged 5 to 10	269
Number of males of unknown age	7
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	9
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	142
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	139
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	99
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	62
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	25
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	6
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	85
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	133
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	120
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	85
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	47
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	15
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	3
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	198
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	178
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	89
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	10
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	4
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	9
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	2
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	222
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	199
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	184
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	42
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	14
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	3
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	6
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	7
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	14
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	24
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	19
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	7
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	4
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	10
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	10
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	4
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	3
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (7 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	3,238
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	54
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	2
Number of persons originating in Ireland	3
Number of persons originating in Scotland	1
Number of persons originating in the United States	3
Number of persons whose origin is unknown	1

Agriculture (66 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	487
Acres of buckwheat	4
Acres of farmland in gardens	78
Acres of farmland in pasture	6,687
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	21,179
Acres of farmland under crops	8,002
Acres of farmland under cultivation	14,767
Acres of land in farms	35,946
Acres of oats	1,229
Acres of peas	486
Acres of potatoes	105
Acres of rye	1,685
Acres of spring wheat	509
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	194
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	33
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	7,660
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	63
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	8
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	2
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	22,065
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3,748
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	17,832
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	12,939
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	4,185
C20 WHT SP AC	509
C21 WHT SP BU	4,185
C22 BAR AC	487
C23 BAR BU	7,660
C24 RYE AC	1,685
C25 RYE BU	12,939
C26 PEA AC	486
C27 PEA BU	3,748
C28 OAT AC	1,229
C29 OAT BU	22,065
C30 BWT AC	4
C31 BWT BU	63
C34 POT AC	105
C35 POT BU	17,832
C43 HAY TONS	2,371
C47 WOOL LBS	5,441
C63 BEEF BAR	194
C64 PORK BAR	33
HRS ov03 V	45,795
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	524
Number of calves and heifers	685
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	105
Number of horses aged over 3 years	516
Number of milk cows	1,058
Number of occupants of farms	319
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	16
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	98
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	44
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	133
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	2,844
Number of swine	1,444
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	2,284
Pounds of homemade butter	52,487
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	50,427
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	5,441
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,371
Value of all livestock	57,754
Value of farm implements in dollars	17,132
Value of farms (dollars)	429,028
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	2,780

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	272
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	7,886
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	5,907
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	4,687
Yards of linen produced in the past year	3,468

Fisheries (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	1,396
Pounds of fresh fish sold in the past year	527
Quintals of dried fish sold in the past year	129

Deaths & mortality (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	5
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	11
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	16

Other recorded variables (139 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	319
C02 OCC UNDR 10	3
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	16
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	44
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	133
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	98
C07 OCC OVR 200	25
C08 HELD	35,946
C09 UNDR CULT	14,767
C1 Males	1,752
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	2
C10 UNDR CROP	8,002
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	2
C11 UNDR PAST	6,687
C116 Ages not given M	7
C117 Ages not given F	6
C12 GARDENS	78
C12 Under 2 Years M	61
C120 Married M	489
C121 Single M	1,229
C122 Widowed M	34
C123 Total M	1,752
C124 Married F	482
C125 Single F	989
C126 Widows F	79
C127 Total F	1,550
C128 Grand Total	3,302
C129 Deaths M	11
C13 Under 2 Years F	59
C13 WOOD WILD	21,179
C130 Deaths F	5
C131 Deaths Total	16
C136 Attending School M	187
C137 Attending School F	258
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	382
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	258
C14 CASH FARM	429,028
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	3
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	2
C144 Lunatics M	1
C15 CASH IMP	17,132
C16 GARDN VALUE	2,780
C16 Under 3 years M	63
C17 Under 3 years F	53
C2 Females	1,550
C20 Under 4 years M	47
C21 Under 4 years F	47
C24 Under 5 years M	58
C25 Under 5 years F	46
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	269
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	234
C3 Total	3,302
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	222
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	198
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	1
C38 CAR BU	8
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	199
C4 Members of Family M	1,673
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	9
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	178
C42 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths M	1
C42 CLV TIM GRA	2
C43 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths F	2
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	85
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	184
C45 MPL SGR LBS	50,427
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	2
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	142
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	89
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	4,687
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	6
C49 FLAN YRDS	5,907
C5 Members of Family F	1,416
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	2,284
C51 LIN YRDS	3,468
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	133
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	524
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	42
C53 MILK COWS	1,058
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	4
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	685
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	139
C55 HORSES	516
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	10
C56 HORSES VAL	45,795
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	7
C57 COLTS FILLIES	105
C58 SHEEP	2,844
C59 SWINE	1,444
C6 Not Members of Family M	79
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	120
C60 TOT VALUE	57,754
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	14
C61 BUTTER LB	52,487
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	10
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	99
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	4
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	14
C65 FISH QUIN	129
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	1
C66 FISH SALTED	1,396
C67 FISH FRESH	527
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	85
C68 CAR PLEASURE	272
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	3
C69 VALUE DOL P	7,886
C7 Not Members of Family F	134
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	10
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	62
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	3
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	24
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	2
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	47
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	3
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	4
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	25
C8 Births in 1860 M	57
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	9
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	19
C82 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths M	1
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	15
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	3
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	6
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	2
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	7
C9 Births in 1860 F	51
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	3
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	2
CD NAME	Temiscouata
England and Wales	2
Ireland	3
Natives of Canada French Origin	3,238
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	54
Not Known	1
Scotland	1
United States	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC054004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC041008_1851_1881 — 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 Verte, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-verte-qc054004-1861/.