Arthabaskaville, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Arthabaskaville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 608. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141731. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.033°N, 71.921°W.

Population

In 1861, Arthabaskaville, Village had a population of 608: 328 male and 280 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 Arthabaska, 1851 (7.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Arthabaskaville, Village, 1871 (53.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Arthabaska

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 608 total population, 328 males, Male members of the family who are present: 282, 280 females, Female members of the family who are present: 242, 220 single males, 181 single females, 103 married males, 94 married females, 69 males attending school, 59 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 46, 43 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 32 adult females unable to read or write, 18 male births, 8 female births, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 48 males aged 5 to 10, 44 single males aged 10 to 15, 41 single females aged 10 to 15, 34 females aged 5 to 10, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 single females aged 15 to 20, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 single males aged 20 to 30, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 females age 3 to 4, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 females of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 571 French Canadians, 24 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $60,175 value farms (dollars), $8,893 value all livestock, 4,790 bushels of potatoes, 4,341 bushels of oats, 3,525 pounds of homemade butter, $3,031 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,590 pounds of maple sugar, 2,445 acres of land in farms, 1,334 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,111 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $993 value farm implements in dollars, 947 bushels of spring wheat, 760 acres of farmland under crops, 635 pounds of flax or hemp, 570 acres of farmland in pasture, 543 pounds of wool produced on farms, 396 bushels of buckwheat, 395 bushels of barley, 374 bushels of rye, 344 bushels of peas, 290 bushels of turnips, 237 sheep, 220 acres of oats, 181 tons of hay, 124 acres of rye, 118 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 105 milk cows, 96 swine, 94 acres of spring wheat, 73 calves and heifers, $65 value garden and orchard crops, 55 horses aged over 3 years, 54 acres of peas, 54 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 45 acres of potatoes, 43 barrels of pork, 38 occupants of farms, 28 bushels of corn, 27 acres of buckwheat, 26 acres of barley, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 bulls, oxen, or steers, 20 pounds of hops, 12 bushels of carrots, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,048 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 413 yards of flannel, 312 yards of linen, 227 yards of fulled cloth, 45 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 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: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC003002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC158036 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141731
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriaville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriaville

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). "Arthabaskaville, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/arthabaskaville-village-qc003002-1861/.