Petite Rivière, Quebec (1861 census)

Petite Rivière was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 728. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3377323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.310°N, 70.608°W.

Population

In 1861, Petite Rivière had a population of 728: 390 male and 338 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, Petite Rivière shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• NO DATA
• St. Joachim

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 728 total population, 390 males, Male members of the family who are present: 359, 338 females, Female members of the family who are present: 313, 271 single males, 223 single females, 141 adult males unable to read or write, 119 adult females unable to read or write, 113 married males, 106 married females, 41 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 31 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 17 female births, 15 male births, 9 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 45 males aged 5 to 10, 44 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 females aged 5 to 10, 38 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males of unknown age, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 females age 3 to 4, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 females of unknown age, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 724 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $721,889 value farms (dollars), 51,867 pounds of maple sugar, 30,991 acres of land in farms, 28,281 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $12,782 value all livestock, 8,239 pounds of homemade butter, $5,446 value horses aged over 3 years, $4,910 value farm implements in dollars, 4,840 bushels of potatoes, 2,710 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,687 bushels of rye, 1,584 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,363 pounds of wool produced on farms, $1,257 value garden and orchard crops, 1,170 bushels of oats, 1,097 acres of farmland under crops, 1,029 bushels of spring wheat, 892 bushels of barley, 701 pounds of flax or hemp, 452 sheep, 362 tons of hay, 324 bulls, oxen, or steers, 318 acres of rye, 236 bushels of buckwheat, 211 milk cows, 207 calves and heifers, 173 swine, 165 acres of oats, 128 acres of spring wheat, 118 bushels of peas, 105 barrels of pork, 100 horses aged over 3 years, 92 occupants of farms, 86 acres of barley, 55 acres of potatoes, 50 barrels of beef, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens, 25 acres of peas, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 acres of buckwheat, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of carrots, 3 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,582 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,801 yards of linen, 1,458 yards of flannel, 1,413 yards of fulled cloth, 139 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 251 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC013006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048005_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3377323
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite-Rivi%C3%A8re-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite-Rivi%C3%A8re-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois

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). "Petite Rivière, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/petite-rivi-re-qc013006-1861/.