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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3461722

Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques, Quebec (1861 census)

Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 13,104. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461722. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.518°N, 73.562°W.

Population

In 1861, Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques had a population of 13,104: 6,485 male and 6,619 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
186113,104
187117,680
188125,398
189132,393
190140,041

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 13,104 total population, 6,619 females, 6,485 males, Female members of the family who are present: 6,116, Male members of the family who are present: 6,094, 4,583 single females, 4,553 single males, 1,802 married males, 1,700 married females, 847 males attending school, 845 females attending school, 555 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 503, 496 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 391, 336 widowed females, 333 female births, 301 male births, 130 widowed males, 32 deaf and dumb females, 5 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 4 persons at sea, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 1,123 males aged 5 to 10, 906 females aged 5 to 10, 828 single males aged 15 to 20, 820 single females aged 15 to 20, 809 single females aged 10 to 15, 705 single males aged 10 to 15, 590 married females aged 20 to 30, 562 married males aged 30 to 40, 513 single females aged 20 to 30, 496 married females aged 30 to 40, 434 married males aged 40 to 50, 390 married males aged 20 to 30, 355 males aged 1 to 2, 340 males aged 2 to 3, 314 females aged 4 to 5, 304 males aged 3 to 4, 300 married females aged 40 to 50, 293 males aged 4 to 5, 270 females age 3 to 4, 260 females aged 1 to 2, 248 females aged 2 to 3, 246 married males aged 50 to 60, 225 single males aged 20 to 30, 194 married females aged 50 to 60, 128 married males aged 60 to 70, 98 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 60 to 70, 72 single females aged 30 to 40, 69 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 59 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 48 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 46 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 70 to 80, 34 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 32 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 30 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 27 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 26 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 24 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 males of unknown age, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (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 8,914 French Canadians, 1,957 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,323 persons originating in Ireland, 506 persons originating in England or Wales, 155 persons originating in Scotland, 114 persons originating in the United States, 48 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 19 persons originating in France, 18 negroes or coloured persons, 12 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 5 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 176 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 96, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 80, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 41, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 28, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montreal-st-james-ward-quartier-st-jacques-qc061005-1861/.