Ascot, Quebec (1861 census)

Ascot was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,200. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.370°N, 71.861°W.

Population

In 1861, Ascot had a population of 2,200: 1,108 male and 1,092 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

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 contained Ascot, 1851 (91.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ascot shared boundaries with:

• Compton
• Eaton
• Hatley, VL
• Sherbrooke, East
• Sherbrooke, South
• Stoke

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,200 total population, 1,108 males, 1,092 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,010, Male members of the family who are present: 971, 757 single males, 731 single females, 335 married males, 318 married females, 228 males attending school, 177 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 137, Females present who are not members of the family: 82, 43 widowed females, 33 female births, 27 male births, 16 widowed males, 8 adult males unable to read or write, 2 adult females unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 152 females aged 5 to 10, 145 males aged 5 to 10, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 138 single females aged 10 to 15, 136 single males aged 15 to 20, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 30 to 40, 97 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,365 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 253 French Canadians, 189 persons originating in the United States, 180 persons originating in England or Wales, 148 persons originating in Ireland, 34 persons originating in Scotland, 29 Indigenous persons, 21 persons originating in Newfoundland, 18 Indigenous females, 18 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $380,470 value farms (dollars), 76,820 pounds of maple sugar, $73,791 value all livestock, 63,010 pounds of homemade butter, 41,560 bushels of potatoes, 39,777 bushels of oats, 28,683 acres of land in farms, $22,825 value horses aged over 3 years, $22,457 value farm implements in dollars, 16,314 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,369 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,899 bushels of turnips, 11,758 bushels of buckwheat, 9,490 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,419 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,501 acres of farmland under crops, 5,912 pounds of hops, 4,854 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,300 tons of hay, 3,298 bushels of spring wheat, 3,081 bushels of barley, 2,736 bushels of corn, 2,208 sheep, $2,004 value garden and orchard crops, 1,357 acres of oats, 1,203 bushels of rye, 1,017 calves and heifers, 719 bushels of peas, 663 barrels of beef, 663 milk cows, 578 bushels of carrots, 474 acres of buckwheat, 453 barrels of pork, 357 horses aged over 3 years, 333 swine, 308 bushels of beans, 284 acres of potatoes, 249 bulls, oxen, or steers, 240 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 236 occupants of farms, 180 acres of spring wheat, 130 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 129 acres of barley, 115 horses aged 3 years and under, 100 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 75 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 72 acres of rye, 44 acres of turnips, 32 acres of peas, 32 bushels of winter wheat, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of farmland in gardens, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,932 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,257 yards of flannel, 495 yards of fulled cloth, 343 carriages for pleasure, $225 value carriages for hire (dollars), 12 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC064001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC088001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242331

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). "Ascot, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ascot-qc064001-1861/.