St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,695. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 72.954°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité had a population of 3,695: 1,814 male and 1,881 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, 1851 (56.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• St. Hyacinthe, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 127 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,695 total population, 1,881 females, 1,814 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,544, Male members of the family who are present: 1,430, 1,239 single females, 1,209 single males, 554 married males, 545 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 384, Females present who are not members of the family: 337, 321 males attending school, 179 adult males unable to read or write, 153 adult females unable to read or write, 136 females attending school, 97 widowed females, 63 female births, 60 male births, 51 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 290 single males aged 15 to 20, 279 single females aged 15 to 20, 260 single males aged 10 to 15, 216 females aged 5 to 10, 216 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 162 single females aged 20 to 30, 160 married males aged 30 to 40, 156 married females aged 20 to 30, 152 married females aged 30 to 40, 148 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 married males aged 20 to 30, 119 married females aged 40 to 50, 108 married males aged 40 to 50, 94 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 males aged 1 to 2, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 single females aged 30 to 40, 53 females age 3 to 4, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 40 to 50, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,435 French Canadians, 126 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 59 persons originating in the United States, 57 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $18,100 value all livestock, 208 milk cows, 198 horses aged over 3 years, 101 swine, 72 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,080 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $340 value carriages for hire (dollars), 269 carriages for pleasure, 24 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 56 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 14, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 25 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: QC050006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141873
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe

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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-city-cit-qc050006-1861/.