Yamachiche, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Yamachiche, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,213. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3571405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.308°N, 72.829°W.

Population

In 1861, Yamachiche, Village had a population of 3,213: 1,604 male and 1,609 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 Yamachiche, Village, 1851 (71.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Yamachiche, Village shared boundaries with:

• Pointe du Lac
• Rivière du Loup
• St. Barnabé
• St. Etienne
• St. Léon
• St. Sévère

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,213 total population, 1,609 females, 1,604 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,480, Male members of the family who are present: 1,462, 1,139 single females, 1,109 single males, 436 married males, 411 married females, 386 males attending school, 382 females attending school, 359 adult males unable to read or write, 295 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 142, Females present who are not members of the family: 129, 59 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 51 male births, 38 female births, 6 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 266 males aged 5 to 10, 245 single males aged 10 to 15, 225 single females aged 10 to 15, 217 females aged 5 to 10, 197 single males aged 15 to 20, 188 single females aged 15 to 20, 172 single females aged 20 to 30, 143 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 30 to 40, 111 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 48 females age 3 to 4, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 40 single females aged 30 to 40, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 females of unknown age, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 males of unknown age, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,176 French Canadians, 13 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons whose origin is unknown, 8 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,026,887 value farms (dollars), 182,381 bushels of oats, $97,972 value all livestock, 92,956 pounds of homemade butter, $43,551 value horses aged over 3 years, $37,899 value farm implements in dollars, 30,961 acres of land in farms, 30,368 pounds of maple sugar, 22,159 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,192 acres of farmland under crops, 15,276 bushels of potatoes, 9,403 pounds of flax or hemp, 9,264 bushels of peas, 9,130 bushels of spring wheat, 8,824 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,802 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,531 acres of oats, $7,027 value garden and orchard crops, 6,431 bushels of buckwheat, 5,774 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,943 bushels of barley, 4,833 tons of hay, 3,174 sheep, 1,787 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,421 milk cows, 1,318 bushels of rye, 1,302 calves and heifers, 1,102 barrels of pork, 1,060 swine, 786 bushels of carrots, 687 acres of spring wheat, 642 acres of peas, 641 horses aged over 3 years, 631 bushels of corn, 429 bushels of turnips, 422 acres of buckwheat, 340 barrels of beef, 323 occupants of farms, 322 bulls, oxen, or steers, 285 acres of barley, 193 acres of farmland in gardens, 185 horses aged 3 years and under, 176 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 171 acres of potatoes, 157 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 128 acres of rye, 106 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 67 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 51 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 acres of corn, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 acres of mangel wurtzel, 21 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,383 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 12,163 yards of linen, 5,527 yards of flannel, 3,887 yards of fulled cloth, 923 carriages for pleasure, $221 value carriages for hire (dollars), 28 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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: QC052007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093018_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3571405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamachiche
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamachiche

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). "Yamachiche, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/yamachiche-village-qc052007-1861/.