St. Henri de Mascouche, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Henri de Mascouche was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,843. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912270. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.769°N, 73.627°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Henri de Mascouche had a population of 2,843: 1,415 male and 1,428 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. Henri de Mascouche shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• L’Epiphanie
• St. Lin
• St. Paul l'Ermite
• St. Roch
• Ste. Anne
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,843 total population, 1,428 females, 1,415 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,322, Female members of the family who are present: 1,287, 888 single males, 871 single females, 506 married females, 492 married males, 358 adult males unable to read or write, 254 adult females unable to read or write, 185 females attending school, 165 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 141, Males present who are not members of the family: 93, 59 male births, 57 female births, 51 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 198 single males aged 10 to 15, 181 females aged 5 to 10, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 147 males aged 5 to 10, 144 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 married females aged 30 to 40, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 49 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 married females aged 60 to 70, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females age 3 to 4, 33 married females aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 15 to 20, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 13 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 males of unknown age, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 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 2,585 French Canadians, 181 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 60 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $685,158 value farms (dollars), 62,084 bushels of oats, 52,695 pounds of homemade butter, $49,750 value all livestock, $33,746 value horses aged over 3 years, 31,218 acres of land in farms, 30,886 bushels of potatoes, $22,831 value farm implements in dollars, 18,724 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,494 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,419 acres of farmland under crops, 8,795 bushels of peas, 8,187 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,590 bushels of barley, 5,850 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,364 acres of oats, 4,828 pounds of maple sugar, 4,701 bushels of spring wheat, 3,425 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,744 bushels of rye, $2,672 value garden and orchard crops, 1,811 sheep, 1,457 bushels of buckwheat, 1,325 tons of hay, 1,234 calves and heifers, 1,208 milk cows, 1,206 bulls, oxen, or steers, 828 acres of peas, 819 barrels of pork, 760 swine, 645 horses aged over 3 years, 573 acres of spring wheat, 434 acres of barley, 429 bushels of winter wheat, 364 acres of rye, 342 horses aged 3 years and under, 340 acres of potatoes, 319 barrels of beef, 301 occupants of farms, 276 bushels of corn, 270 bushels of turnips, 136 acres of buckwheat, 118 acres of farmland in gardens, 100 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 89 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 75 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 63 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 acres of winter wheat, 40 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 bushels of beans, 16 acres of corn, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,295 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,369 yards of linen, 3,097 yards of flannel, 2,352 yards of fulled cloth, 351 carriages for pleasure, $15 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC001007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912270

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. Henri de Mascouche, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-henri-de-mascouche-qc001007-1861/.