Ste. Anne de la Pérade, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Anne de la Pérade was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,908. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.599°N, 72.204°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Anne de la Pérade had a population of 2,908: 1,456 male and 1,452 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, Ste. Anne de la Pérade shared boundaries with:

• Grondines, VL
• St. Casimir, VL
• St. François-Xavier de Batiscan
• St. Prosper
• Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,908 total population, 1,456 males, 1,452 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,359, Male members of the family who are present: 1,351, 1,007 single females, 985 single males, 424 married males, 403 married females, 277 adult males unable to read or write, 275 females attending school, 242 males attending school, 164 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, Females present who are not members of the family: 93, 48 female births, 47 widowed males, 42 widowed females, 40 male births, 3 blind females, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 206 males aged 5 to 10, 194 females aged 5 to 10, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 191 single males aged 15 to 20, 189 single females aged 15 to 20, 187 single males aged 10 to 15, 148 single males aged 20 to 30, 147 single females aged 20 to 30, 138 married males aged 40 to 50, 103 married females aged 30 to 40, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 married males aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 50 to 60, 52 single females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females age 3 to 4, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 23 single females aged 40 to 50, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 single females aged 50 to 60, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 single males aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,881 French Canadians, 19 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $507,583 value farms (dollars), 89,925 bushels of oats, $64,989 value all livestock, 49,904 pounds of maple sugar, 36,260 pounds of homemade butter, 29,695 acres of land in farms, $26,378 value horses aged over 3 years, 21,965 bushels of potatoes, 16,296 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $14,175 value farm implements in dollars, 13,399 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,329 acres of farmland under crops, 6,000 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,941 bushels of buckwheat, 5,878 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,555 bushels of spring wheat, 4,999 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,421 acres of oats, 2,226 tons of hay, 2,067 sheep, 1,988 bushels of barley, 1,400 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,365 bushels of peas, 1,254 milk cows, $1,000 value garden and orchard crops, 905 bushels of turnips, 898 calves and heifers, 767 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 722 swine, 620 bushels of rye, 484 acres of spring wheat, 448 horses aged over 3 years, 387 bushels of corn, 346 acres of buckwheat, 280 occupants of farms, 207 acres of potatoes, 162 barrels of pork, 123 acres of barley, 117 acres of peas, 92 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 89 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 80 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 acres of farmland in gardens, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 55 bushels of carrots, 47 acres of rye, 38 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 30 pounds of hops, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 acres of corn, 16 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,583 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,897 yards of linen, 3,649 yards of flannel, 3,148 yards of fulled cloth, 618 carriages for pleasure, 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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: QC012005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464159

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). "Ste. Anne de la Pérade, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-anne-de-la-p-rade-qc012005-1861/.