River Moisie and other places, Quebec (1861 census)

River Moisie and other places was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 705. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.632°N, 67.229°W.

Population

In 1861, River Moisie and other places had a population of 705: 2,951 male and 823 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1851 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Manicouagan, 1871 (18.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sauvages des Sept Isles, 1871 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pointe des Monts, 1871 (53.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, River Moisie and other places shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,951 males, 1,863 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,740, 1,231 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 1,211, 1,068 married males, 823 females, Female members of the family who are present: 750, 705 total population, 491 single females, 317 married females, 251 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, 43 male births, 40 female births, 35 females attending school, 20 widowed males, 19 males attending school, 15 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 669 single males aged 20 to 30, 465 single males aged 15 to 20, 299 married males aged 40 to 50, 239 married males aged 30 to 40, 235 married males aged 20 to 30, 167 single males aged 10 to 15, 133 married males aged 50 to 60, 104 single males aged 30 to 40, 96 males aged 5 to 10, 91 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 89 married males aged 60 to 70, 74 single males aged 40 to 50, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 65 married females aged 40 to 50, 60 single males aged 50 to 60, 48 single females aged 10 to 15, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 70 to 80, 30 females age 3 to 4, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 single males aged 60 to 70, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 single males aged 70 to 80, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 80 to 90, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 80 to 90, 12 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 80 to 90, 7 married males aged 90 to 100, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 628 French Canadians, 495 Indigenous males, 489 Indigenous females, 124 Indigenous persons, 57 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC047005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047005 — 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). "River Moisie and other places, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/river-moisie-and-other-places-qc047005-1861/.