St. Jérôme, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 244. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.726°N, 73.992°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Jérôme had a population of 244: 137 male and 107 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 was contained in St. Jérôme, 1851 (3.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Jérôme, 1871 (6.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Jérôme shared boundaries with:

• St. Canut
• St. Janvier
• St. Jérôme, Parish
• Ste. Scholastique

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 244 total population, 137 males, Male members of the family who are present: 134, 107 females, Female members of the family who are present: 102, 102 single males, 98 single females, 34 males attending school, 33 adult males unable to read or write, 33 married males, 27 adult females unable to read or write, 20 females attending school, 10 male births, 7 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Males present who are not members of the family: 3, 3 female births, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 26 males aged 5 to 10, 18 single males aged 10 to 15, 16 females aged 5 to 10, 16 single females aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 10 to 15, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 8 single males aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 20 to 30, 7 single males aged 20 to 30, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 married males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 50 to 60, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 244 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $57,732 value farms (dollars), 10,496 bushels of oats, $6,000 value all livestock, 5,265 pounds of homemade butter, $3,667 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,144 acres of land in farms, $1,719 value farm implements in dollars, 1,510 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,099 acres of farmland under crops, 848 bushels of potatoes, 808 bushels of barley, 653 pounds of wool produced on farms, 634 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 604 bushels of spring wheat, 539 acres of oats, 460 pounds of maple sugar, 406 acres of farmland in pasture, 401 bushels of peas, $305 value garden and orchard crops, 272 pounds of flax or hemp, 251 sheep, 211 bushels of buckwheat, 197 tons of hay, 119 bulls, oxen, or steers, 115 milk cows, 102 calves and heifers, 82 swine, 64 barrels of pork, 63 horses aged over 3 years, 62 acres of barley, 62 acres of spring wheat, 55 bushels of winter wheat, 48 bushels of turnips, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 35 occupants of farms, 29 acres of peas, 16 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 15 barrels of beef, 13 acres of buckwheat, 11 acres of potatoes, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens, 5 acres of winter wheat, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $530 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 509 yards of fulled cloth, 310 yards of flannel, 294 yards of linen, 17 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC056010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912399

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. Jérôme, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc056010-1861/.