Malbaie, Quebec (1861 census)

Malbaie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,766. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138972308. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.692°N, 70.185°W.

Population

In 1861, Malbaie had a population of 2,766: 1,418 male and 1,348 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, Malbaie shared boundaries with:

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• St. Fidèle
• St. Irénée
• Ste. Agnès

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,766 total population, 1,418 males, 1,348 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,303, Female members of the family who are present: 1,246, 978 single males, 920 single females, 404 married males, 397 married females, 290 adult males unable to read or write, 220 adult females unable to read or write, 151 males attending school, 140 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 115, Females present who are not members of the family: 102, 88 male births, 78 female births, 36 widowed males, 31 widowed females, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 197 single males aged 10 to 15, 182 females aged 5 to 10, 179 single females aged 10 to 15, 172 males aged 5 to 10, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 147 single females aged 15 to 20, 134 single males aged 20 to 30, 130 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 single females aged 20 to 30, 102 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 males aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females age 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 90 to 100, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,658 French Canadians, 96 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $496,703 value farms (dollars), $113,354 value all livestock, 47,248 pounds of homemade butter, 44,502 acres of land in farms, 40,331 bushels of potatoes, $36,929 value horses aged over 3 years, 25,439 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $20,229 value farm implements in dollars, 19,324 bushels of spring wheat, 19,282 bushels of oats, 19,063 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,086 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,575 acres of farmland under crops, 9,322 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,324 bushels of rye, 7,025 bushels of peas, 6,078 sheep, 4,548 bushels of barley, 3,482 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,278 acres of spring wheat, $3,056 value garden and orchard crops, 2,014 acres of oats, 1,754 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,311 tons of hay, 1,237 calves and heifers, 1,207 swine, 1,132 acres of peas, 1,084 acres of rye, 1,055 milk cows, 698 barrels of pork, 521 horses aged over 3 years, 446 acres of barley, 419 occupants of farms, 358 barrels of beef, 357 acres of potatoes, 166 acres of farmland in gardens, 164 horses aged 3 years and under, 118 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 114 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 bushels of turnips, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 10 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $13,239 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,802 yards of fulled cloth, 4,829 yards of flannel, 4,088 yards of linen, 610 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 177 pounds of fresh fish sold, 144 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females 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 3 people 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: QC013009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC152004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138972308

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). "Malbaie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/malbaie-qc013009-1861/.