St. Théodore de Chertsey, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Théodore de Chertsey was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 919. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.144°N, 73.881°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Théodore de Chertsey had a population of 919: 485 male and 434 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. Théodore de Chertsey shared boundaries with:

• Cathcart
• Kilkenny
• NO DATA
• St. Patrick
• Wexford

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 919 total population, 485 males, Male members of the family who are present: 472, 434 females, Female members of the family who are present: 432, 364 single males, 323 single females, 113 married males, 109 married females, 79 adult females unable to read or write, 77 adult males unable to read or write, 47 females attending school, 44 males attending school, 14 female births, 14 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 13, 8 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, 2 lunatic females, 2 widowed females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 77 females aged 5 to 10, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 males aged 5 to 10, 67 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females aged 1 to 2, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 735 French Canadians, 91 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 86 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $31,850 value farms (dollars), 22,600 pounds of homemade butter, 16,630 acres of land in farms, 14,783 bushels of potatoes, 14,017 pounds of maple sugar, 13,237 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,150 bushels of oats, $5,948 value all livestock, $3,995 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,393 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,314 acres of farmland under crops, $1,259 value farm implements in dollars, 1,100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,079 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,055 bushels of buckwheat, 847 bushels of barley, 715 acres of oats, 496 pounds of wool produced on farms, 484 bushels of peas, 350 pounds of flax or hemp, 304 tons of hay, 255 milk cows, 239 sheep, 233 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 213 swine, 201 calves and heifers, 168 acres of buckwheat, 153 acres of potatoes, 148 occupants of farms, 94 horses aged over 3 years, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 bushels of spring wheat, 72 bushels of turnips, 58 acres of barley, 56 barrels of beef, 52 barrels of pork, 44 bushels of rye, 41 acres of peas, 38 bulls, oxen, or steers, 20 bushels of carrots, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 bushels of winter wheat, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of spring wheat, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of rye, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 387 yards of flannel, 341 yards of linen, 331 yards of fulled cloth, $181 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 104 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC034001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC073011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912812

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. Théodore de Chertsey, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-th-odore-de-chertsey-qc034001-1861/.