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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Bagot, Quebec (1861 census)

Bagot was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,063. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.332°N, 70.881°W.

Population

In 1861, Bagot had a population of 3,063: 1,563 male and 1,500 female residents.

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Bagot shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,063 total population, 1,563 males, 1,500 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,467, Female members of the family who are present: 1,392, 1,063 single males, 1,011 single females, 474 married males, 464 married females, 395 adult males unable to read or write, 340 adult females unable to read or write, 182 females attending school, 169 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 108, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, 45 male births, 36 female births, 26 widowed males, 25 widowed females, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 259 females aged 5 to 10, 249 males aged 5 to 10, 238 single females aged 10 to 15, 238 single males aged 10 to 15, 174 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 married females aged 20 to 30, 153 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 married males aged 30 to 40, 139 married females aged 30 to 40, 116 single males aged 20 to 30, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 111 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 73 females aged 2 to 3, 71 females aged 4 to 5, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 60 females age 3 to 4, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,035 French Canadians, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $292,487 value farms (dollars), $73,731 value all livestock, $41,792 value horses aged over 3 years, 32,908 bushels of potatoes, 32,881 acres of land in farms, 27,394 pounds of homemade butter, 18,260 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,323 bushels of rye, $16,302 value farm implements in dollars, 14,621 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,037 bushels of oats, 10,313 bushels of peas, 9,374 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,592 bushels of barley, 6,811 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,485 bushels of spring wheat, 5,212 acres of farmland under crops, $4,891 value garden and orchard crops, 2,513 sheep, 2,386 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,809 acres of rye, 1,731 tons of hay, 1,026 swine, 994 acres of peas, 924 calves and heifers, 887 acres of oats, 851 bulls, oxen, or steers, 851 milk cows, 647 acres of barley, 571 acres of spring wheat, 530 barrels of pork, 500 bushels of turnips, 421 horses aged over 3 years, 410 bushels of buckwheat, 285 acres of potatoes, 258 occupants of farms, 244 bushels of carrots, 240 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 193 barrels of beef, 116 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bushels of corn, 91 horses aged 3 years and under, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 40 gallons of cider, 35 acres of farmland in gardens, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 acres of buckwheat, 15 bushels of beans, 9 pounds of maple sugar, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,663 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,521 yards of flannel, 4,256 yards of fulled cloth, 2,549 yards of linen, 394 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Bagot, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bagot-qc015001-1861/.