Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)

Fraserville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,210. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.841°N, 69.542°W.

Population

In 1861, Fraserville, Town—Ville had a population of 1,210: 639 male and 571 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Fraserville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Rivière du Loup

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,210 total population, 639 males, 571 females, Male members of the family who are present: 560, Female members of the family who are present: 502, 466 single males, 386 single females, 161 married females, 161 married males, 103 adult females unable to read or write, 101 adult males unable to read or write, 83 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, 74 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, 27 male births, 24 widowed females, 16 female births, 12 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 91 females aged 5 to 10, 87 males aged 5 to 10, 87 single males aged 10 to 15, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 78 single females aged 10 to 15, 77 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,079 French Canadians, 99 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $52,500 value farms (dollars), $14,827 value all livestock, $9,690 value horses aged over 3 years, 4,950 bushels of potatoes, 4,186 bushels of oats, 3,570 pounds of homemade butter, 3,216 acres of land in farms, $2,048 value farm implements in dollars, 1,667 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,549 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 956 acres of farmland under crops, 706 acres of farmland in pasture, 574 bushels of barley, 550 bushels of turnips, 531 pounds of wool produced on farms, 499 bushels of spring wheat, 424 bushels of rye, 334 bushels of peas, 284 tons of hay, 250 pounds of maple sugar, 220 swine, 218 milk cows, 218 sheep, 196 acres of oats, 114 horses aged over 3 years, 109 pounds of flax or hemp, 79 calves and heifers, 64 bulls, oxen, or steers, 56 acres of spring wheat, 50 bushels of carrots, $50 value garden and orchard crops, 43 acres of rye, 43 barrels of pork, 36 acres of barley, 29 acres of peas, 29 acres of potatoes, 18 occupants of farms, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 barrels of beef, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,332 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $400 value carriages for hire (dollars), 370 yards of fulled cloth, 197 yards of linen, 124 carriages for pleasure, 87 yards of flannel, 13 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 110 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: QC054003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142024
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup

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). "Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fraserville-town-ville-qc054003-1861/.