Ste. Marie, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Marie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,395. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141652. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.445°N, 70.988°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Marie had a population of 3,395: 123 male and 119 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. Marie shared boundaries with:

• Frampton
• St. Bernard
• St. Elzéar
• St. Frédéric
• St. Isidore
• St. Joseph
• Ste. Hénédine
• Ste. Marguerite

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,395 total population, 123 males, Female members of the family who are present: 119, 119 females, Male members of the family who are present: 118, 81 single females, 80 single males, 42 married males, 38 adult males unable to read or write, 35 married females, 23 adult females unable to read or write, 13 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, 3 male births, 3 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 23 females aged 5 to 10, 18 single males aged 10 to 15, 14 single females aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 15 to 20, 12 males aged 5 to 10, 12 single females aged 10 to 15, 11 married females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 20 to 30, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,320 French Canadians, 51 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $14,957 value farms (dollars), 4,373 acres of land in farms, 3,875 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,791 bushels of potatoes, $2,498 value all livestock, 1,923 bushels of barley, 1,423 bushels of oats, 1,400 pounds of maple sugar, $1,299 value horses aged over 3 years, $1,000 value farm implements in dollars, 698 bushels of rye, 498 acres of farmland under cultivation, 301 acres of farmland under crops, 196 acres of farmland in pasture, 177 acres of buckwheat, 150 bushels of spring wheat, 122 bushels of buckwheat, 105 acres of oats, 86 acres of barley, 76 pounds of flax or hemp, 61 sheep, 53 bushels of peas, 52 swine, 46 occupants of farms, 43 acres of rye, 40 bulls, oxen, or steers, 37 milk cows, 32 pounds of wool produced on farms, 30 tons of hay, 26 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 25 barrels of pork, 22 horses aged over 3 years, 17 acres of potatoes, 13 acres of spring wheat, 13 calves and heifers, 10 pounds of homemade butter, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 acres of peas, $6 value garden and orchard crops, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 43 yards of flannel, 14 yards of linen, 7 yards of fulled cloth. (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 females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: QC005017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC040015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141652
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie_(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. Marie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marie-qc005017-1861/.