Hatley, VL, Quebec (1861 census)

Hatley, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,274. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138661887. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.229°N, 72.006°W.

Population

In 1861, Hatley, VL had a population of 2,274: 1,163 male and 1,111 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, Hatley, VL shared boundaries with:

• Academies
• Ascot
• Barnston
• Compton
• Magog, T-V
• Stanstead Plains

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,274 total population, 1,163 males, 1,111 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,058, Female members of the family who are present: 1,023, 697 single males, 671 single females, 445 married males, 394 married females, 261 males attending school, 257 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, 94 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 88, 71 adult females unable to read or write, 46 widowed females, 34 male births, 29 female births, 21 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 145 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 131 single males aged 20 to 30, 129 single males aged 10 to 15, 118 females aged 5 to 10, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 40 to 50, 91 married females aged 40 to 50, 88 males aged 5 to 10, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married females aged 30 to 40, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 married males aged 60 to 70, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 45 married females aged 60 to 70, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 24 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 males of unknown age, 17 females of unknown age, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,481 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 354 persons originating in the United States, 319 French Canadians, 80 persons originating in England or Wales, 34 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $441,108 value farms (dollars), $120,319 value all livestock, 88,448 pounds of maple sugar, 72,482 pounds of homemade butter, 55,977 bushels of oats, 45,516 bushels of potatoes, $36,378 value horses aged over 3 years, 36,177 acres of land in farms, 18,463 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,714 acres of farmland under cultivation, $16,928 value farm implements in dollars, 14,841 bushels of buckwheat, 12,691 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,581 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,822 acres of farmland under crops, 7,783 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,358 bushels of spring wheat, 5,223 bushels of corn, 5,140 bushels of barley, 5,059 sheep, 4,185 bushels of turnips, 4,148 tons of hay, $2,277 value garden and orchard crops, 2,023 bushels of peas, 2,000 pounds of hops, 1,412 acres of oats, 1,380 calves and heifers, 894 milk cows, 633 bushels of rye, 501 barrels of pork, 499 acres of buckwheat, 497 horses aged over 3 years, 451 bushels of beans, 437 bushels of carrots, 367 bulls, oxen, or steers, 361 gallons of cider, 317 occupants of farms, 315 acres of spring wheat, 280 swine, 259 acres of potatoes, 255 horses aged 3 years and under, 226 barrels of beef, 190 acres of barley, 177 acres of corn, 161 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 133 acres of peas, 110 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 109 acres of farmland in gardens, 104 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 34 acres of rye, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,942 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,722 yards of flannel, 886 yards of fulled cloth, 532 carriages for pleasure, 20 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: QC053004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138661887

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). "Hatley, VL, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hatley-vl-qc053004-1861/.