Allumettes, Quebec (1861 census)

Allumettes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,518. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.869°N, 77.048°W.

Population

In 1861, Allumettes had a population of 1,518: 817 male and 701 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).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,518 total population, 817 males, Male members of the family who are present: 741, 701 females, Female members of the family who are present: 652, 605 single males, 500 single females, 196 married males, 184 married females, 136 males attending school, 123 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 76, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 34 male births, 27 female births, 17 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 4 adult males unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males, 1 adult females unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 130 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 males aged 5 to 10, 119 females aged 5 to 10, 113 single females aged 10 to 15, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 15 to 20, 86 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 married females aged 30 to 40, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females age 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 799 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 410 French Canadians, 264 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in the West Indies, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $112,552 value farms (dollars), 45,652 bushels of potatoes, 37,987 bushels of oats, 32,045 pounds of homemade butter, $25,265 value all livestock, 24,867 acres of land in farms, $19,922 value horses aged over 3 years, 17,433 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,769 bushels of spring wheat, 7,869 bushels of peas, 7,434 acres of farmland under cultivation, $7,097 value farm implements in dollars, 5,820 bushels of turnips, 5,425 acres of farmland under crops, 4,451 bushels of winter wheat, 3,146 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,008 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,655 acres of oats, 1,382 tons of hay, 1,191 bushels of rye, 876 sheep, 812 acres of spring wheat, 758 swine, 735 bushels of barley, 547 calves and heifers, 501 milk cows, 500 acres of peas, 454 barrels of pork, 442 bushels of buckwheat, 277 acres of winter wheat, 264 bushels of corn, 256 acres of potatoes, 242 horses aged over 3 years, 206 barrels of beef, 195 occupants of farms, 150 bulls, oxen, or steers, 109 horses aged 3 years and under, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 101 acres of rye, 100 pounds of maple sugar, 74 bushels of beans, 52 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 52 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 acres of barley, 42 acres of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 acres of corn, 14 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,274 yards of flannel, $807 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 86 yards of fulled cloth, 29 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 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 4 to 5: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC040003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Allumettes, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/allumettes-qc040003-1861/.