Ste. Croix, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,212. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.600°N, 71.686°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Croix had a population of 2,212: 1,070 male and 1,142 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. Croix shared boundaries with:

• Lotbinière
• St. Antoine
• St. Apollinaire
• St. Flavien, VL

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,212 total population, 1,142 females, 1,070 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,026, Male members of the family who are present: 973, 767 single females, 727 single males, 323 married females, 323 married males, 214 females attending school, 164 adult males unable to read or write, 134 adult females unable to read or write, 117 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 116, Males present who are not members of the family: 97, 57 female births, 52 widowed females, 39 male births, 20 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 159 single females aged 15 to 20, 155 females aged 5 to 10, 154 males aged 5 to 10, 137 single females aged 10 to 15, 128 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 married females aged 40 to 50, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females age 3 to 4, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,173 French Canadians, 34 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $459,355 value farms (dollars), 75,806 bushels of oats, $61,866 value all livestock, 54,400 pounds of homemade butter, 32,771 acres of land in farms, $26,819 value horses aged over 3 years, 24,958 bushels of potatoes, 17,489 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,282 acres of farmland under cultivation, $15,225 value farm implements in dollars, 8,793 acres of farmland under crops, 7,544 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,384 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,003 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,875 acres of oats, 3,961 bushels of spring wheat, 2,642 bushels of peas, 2,390 sheep, $2,351 value garden and orchard crops, 2,260 tons of hay, 2,103 bushels of buckwheat, 1,564 bushels of winter wheat, 1,192 calves and heifers, 1,157 bushels of barley, 979 milk cows, 872 pounds of maple sugar, 859 bulls, oxen, or steers, 803 swine, 510 barrels of pork, 426 horses aged over 3 years, 406 acres of spring wheat, 346 acres of potatoes, 343 bushels of turnips, 326 acres of peas, 292 occupants of farms, 184 acres of winter wheat, 152 bushels of rye, 151 acres of buckwheat, 150 bushels of corn, 130 barrels of beef, 124 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 122 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 105 acres of farmland in gardens, 99 acres of barley, 88 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 81 horses aged 3 years and under, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 73 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 bushels of beans, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 pounds of hops, 21 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 acres of rye, 9 acres of mangel wurtzel, 9 bushels of carrots, 8 acres of corn, 6 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 $10,329 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,860 yards of linen, 4,145 yards of fulled cloth, 3,590 yards of flannel, 671 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: QC030005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464232
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Croix, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-croix-qc030005-1861/.