Year: 1861 | Province: Quebec | County: Argenteuil

Arundel, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Arundel (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Arundel was a census subdivision in Argenteuil County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 26. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.987°N, 74.633°W.

Population

In 1861, Arundel had a population of 26. Population density was 0.5 people per square mile.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (12.6% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Harrington, Arundel, De Salaberry, Grandison, 1871 (21.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Arundel shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	12
Male members of the family who are present	14
Number of females	12
Number of males	14
Number of married females	3
Number of married males	5
Number of single females	7
Number of single males	10
Number of widowed females	1
POP FX N.1	11
POP MX N.1	15
POP TOT	26
POP XX N.1	26
Total population	26

Age structure (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of males aged 3 to 4	1
Number of males aged 5 to 10	2
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	1
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	1
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	2
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	1
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	1
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	4
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	2
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	2
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	1

Ethnic origin (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	10
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	8
Number of persons originating in Ireland	6
Number of persons originating in Newfoundland	11
Number of persons originating in Scotland	2

Agriculture (37 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of buckwheat	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	22
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	555
Acres of farmland under crops	23
Acres of farmland under cultivation	45
Acres of land in farms	600
Acres of oats	16
Acres of potatoes	6
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	1
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	2
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	30
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	14
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	410
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	30
C28 OAT AC	16
C29 OAT BU	410
C30 BWT AC	1
C31 BWT BU	30
C34 POT AC	6
C35 POT BU	30
C47 WOOL LBS	18
C63 BEEF BAR	1
C64 PORK BAR	2
HRS ov03 V	127
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	3
Number of milk cows	3
Number of occupants of farms	5
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	4
Number of sheep	7
Number of swine	12
Pounds of homemade butter	280
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	18
Value of all livestock	347
Value of farm implements in dollars	60
Value of farms (dollars)	925

Manufacturing & industry (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	10

Deaths & mortality (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	1

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	5
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	4
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	1
C08 HELD	600
C09 UNDR CULT	45
C1 Males	14
C10 UNDR CROP	23
C11 UNDR PAST	22
C120 Married M	5
C121 Single M	10
C123 Total M	15
C124 Married F	3
C125 Single F	7
C126 Widows F	1
C127 Total F	11
C128 Grand Total	26
C13 WOOD WILD	555
C130 Deaths F	1
C131 Deaths Total	1
C14 CASH FARM	925
C15 CASH IMP	60
C2 Females	12
C20 Under 4 years M	1
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	2
C3 Total	26
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	2
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	1
C38 CAR BU	14
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	1
C4 Members of Family M	14
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	1
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	1
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	2
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	1
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	4
C49 FLAN YRDS	10
C5 Members of Family F	12
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	2
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	2
C53 MILK COWS	3
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	1
C55 HORSES	3
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	1
C56 HORSES VAL	127
C58 SHEEP	7
C59 SWINE	12
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	2
C60 TOT VALUE	347
C61 BUTTER LB	280
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	2
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	1
CD NAME	Argenteuil
England and Wales	8
Ireland	6
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	10
Newfoundland	1 1
Scotland	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC002001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC002001 — 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). "Arundel, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/arundel-qc002001-1861/.