Calumet Island, Quebec (1861 census)

Calumet Island was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,050. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3205666. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.739°N, 76.685°W.

Population

In 1861, Calumet Island had a population of 1,050: 576 male and 474 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).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,050 total population, 576 males, Male members of the family who are present: 523, 474 females, Female members of the family who are present: 436, 417 single males, 331 single females, 149 married males, 132 married females, 106 adult males unable to read or write, 92 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, 52 males attending school, 40 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 17 female births, 16 male births, 11 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 86 males aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 10 to 15, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 66 single females aged 10 to 15, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 61 females aged 5 to 10, 60 single males aged 20 to 30, 43 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 single females aged 20 to 30, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 18 females age 3 to 4, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 469 French Canadians, 406 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 138 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 11 Indigenous persons, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 Indigenous males, 1 Indigenous females. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $103,194 value farms (dollars), $32,764 value all livestock, 18,449 bushels of potatoes, 15,979 pounds of homemade butter, 15,202 bushels of oats, 14,690 acres of land in farms, $11,920 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,723 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,218 bushels of spring wheat, $4,675 value farm implements in dollars, 3,980 pounds of maple sugar, 3,967 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,634 bushels of peas, 2,226 bushels of turnips, 1,411 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,104 pounds of wool produced on farms, 810 bushels of corn, 775 acres of oats, 736 bushels of winter wheat, 719 tons of hay, 618 bushels of barley, 611 acres of spring wheat, 555 acres of farmland under crops, 419 sheep, 410 bushels of rye, 391 swine, 365 calves and heifers, 320 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 300 milk cows, 284 acres of peas, 277 barrels of pork, 243 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 151 acres of potatoes, 146 bushels of buckwheat, 143 horses aged over 3 years, 134 barrels of beef, 128 occupants of farms, 111 bulls, oxen, or steers, 74 horses aged 3 years and under, 72 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 56 pounds of flax or hemp, 50 pounds of hops, 44 bushels of carrots, 38 acres of barley, 36 acres of corn, 34 acres of rye, 33 acres of winter wheat, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 acres of turnips, 14 bushels of beans, 10 acres of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,392 yards of flannel, $1,136 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 110 yards of fulled cloth, 30 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 460 pounds of fresh fish sold, 400 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC040007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3205666
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet

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). "Calumet Island, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/calumet-island-qc040007-1861/.