Nicolet, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)

Nicolet, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,856. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141595. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.212°N, 72.601°W.

Population

In 1861, Nicolet, T-V had a population of 2,856: 1,460 male and 1,396 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, Nicolet, T-V shared boundaries with:

• La Baie
• St. Grégoire
• Ste. Monique

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,856 total population, 1,460 males, 1,396 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,382, Female members of the family who are present: 1,281, 1,055 single males, 972 single females, 375 males attending school, 360 married males, 344 married females, 327 adult males unable to read or write, 320 adult females unable to read or write, 187 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 115, 80 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, 45 widowed males, 33 male births, 27 female births, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 255 single males aged 15 to 20, 220 single males aged 10 to 15, 190 single females aged 10 to 15, 183 single females aged 20 to 30, 177 females aged 5 to 10, 173 single females aged 15 to 20, 171 single males aged 20 to 30, 170 males aged 5 to 10, 94 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 73 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 34 single females aged 30 to 40, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 23 single females aged 40 to 50, 22 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,789 French Canadians, 50 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $512,010 value farms (dollars), 77,696 bushels of oats, $74,282 value all livestock, 38,296 pounds of homemade butter, 36,282 pounds of maple sugar, 31,865 bushels of potatoes, $30,473 value horses aged over 3 years, 27,167 acres of land in farms, 16,835 acres of farmland under cultivation, $13,040 value farm implements in dollars, 11,952 acres of farmland under crops, 10,332 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,723 bushels of peas, 6,686 bushels of buckwheat, 6,628 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,843 bushels of spring wheat, 4,875 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,563 acres of oats, 3,141 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,673 tons of hay, 2,635 sheep, 2,585 bushels of barley, 1,987 bushels of turnips, 1,795 bushels of rye, 1,280 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,194 calves and heifers, 998 milk cows, 881 bushels of corn, 793 swine, 722 barrels of pork, 688 acres of peas, 656 acres of spring wheat, 602 acres of buckwheat, 522 horses aged over 3 years, 408 bushels of carrots, 257 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 226 acres of potatoes, 222 occupants of farms, 194 acres of rye, 179 acres of barley, 171 horses aged 3 years and under, 88 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 81 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 46 acres of corn, 35 barrels of beef, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 bushels of beans, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 acres of turnips, 10 pounds of hops, 8 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,616 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,035 yards of flannel, 3,695 yards of linen, 2,654 yards of fulled cloth, 402 carriages for pleasure, $132 value carriages for hire (dollars), 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC038004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141595
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolet,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolet

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). "Nicolet, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nicolet-t-v-qc038004-1861/.