St. Denis, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Denis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,674. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912052. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.752°N, 73.125°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Denis had a population of 2,674: 1,300 male and 1,374 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, St. Denis shared boundaries with:

• La Présentation
• St. Charles
• St. Jude
• St. Ours

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 2,674 total population, 1,374 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,369, 1,300 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,263, 885 single females, 840 single males, 429 married females, 424 married males, 312 adult males unable to read or write, 278 females attending school, 197 adult females unable to read or write, 152 males attending school, 60 widowed females, 51 male births, 43 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 37, 36 widowed males, 6 lunatic males, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 200 females aged 5 to 10, 196 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single females aged 10 to 15, 170 single males aged 10 to 15, 144 single females aged 15 to 20, 126 single males aged 15 to 20, 110 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 108 married females aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 80 single males aged 20 to 30, 76 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 males aged 1 to 2, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 37 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 29 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 females of unknown age, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,664 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $668,771 value farms (dollars), $88,521 value all livestock, 61,429 bushels of oats, 41,960 bushels of peas, $38,200 value horses aged over 3 years, $29,955 value farm implements in dollars, 29,382 pounds of homemade butter, 27,578 bushels of potatoes, 27,279 acres of land in farms, 20,065 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,790 bushels of barley, 13,627 acres of farmland under crops, 13,241 pounds of maple sugar, 7,399 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,214 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,405 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,040 bushels of spring wheat, 4,919 acres of oats, 4,278 acres of peas, 4,035 pounds of flax or hemp, $2,747 value garden and orchard crops, 2,666 sheep, 1,320 bushels of corn, 1,186 milk cows, 1,102 calves and heifers, 996 tons of hay, 937 acres of barley, 917 bushels of buckwheat, 868 swine, 806 horses aged over 3 years, 732 barrels of pork, 656 acres of spring wheat, 392 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 336 horses aged 3 years and under, 324 bushels of rye, 276 occupants of farms, 260 barrels of beef, 221 acres of potatoes, 184 acres of buckwheat, 131 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 96 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 acres of corn, 57 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 50 bulls, oxen, or steers, 46 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 bushels of turnips, 37 acres of rye, 33 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,990 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,322 yards of linen, 5,449 yards of flannel, 2,676 yards of fulled cloth, 1,069 carriages for pleasure, $688 value carriages for hire (dollars), 88 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 43 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: QC050005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912052

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). "St. Denis, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-denis-qc050005-1861/.