The Indian Reserves, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: The Indian Reserves (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

The Indian Reserves was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 213. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.577°N, 72.375°W.

Population

In 1861, The Indian Reserves had a population of 213.

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 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Roberval, Village, 1871 (22.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, The Indian Reserves shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 213 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 151 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 150 Indigenous persons, 62 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $235 value farms (dollars), 100 acres of land in farms, 92 bushels of potatoes, 90 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $70 value horses aged over 3 years, 39 bushels of spring wheat, 10 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6 acres of farmland under crops, 4 acres of farmland in pasture, 3 acres of spring wheat, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 occupants of farms, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 horses aged over 3 years, 1 milk cows. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC015021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC015021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "The Indian Reserves, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/the-indian-reserves-qc015021-1861/.