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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q139231

Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1861 census)

Baie St. Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,664. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.428°N, 70.662°W.

Population

In 1861, Baie St. Paul had a population of 3,664: 1,844 male and 1,820 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18613,664
18713,623
18813,794

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Baie St. Paul shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,664 total population, 1,844 males, 1,820 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,695, Female members of the family who are present: 1,630, 1,237 single males, 1,177 single females, 589 married females, 551 married males, 438 adult males unable to read or write, 392 adult females unable to read or write, 263 females attending school, 226 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 190, Males present who are not members of the family: 149, 93 female births, 72 male births, 56 widowed males, 54 widowed females, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 231 females aged 5 to 10, 225 males aged 5 to 10, 225 single males aged 10 to 15, 205 single females aged 10 to 15, 204 married females aged 20 to 30, 185 single males aged 20 to 30, 182 single females aged 15 to 20, 178 single males aged 15 to 20, 159 married females aged 30 to 40, 159 married males aged 20 to 30, 150 married males aged 30 to 40, 118 single females aged 20 to 30, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 males aged 4 to 5, 74 males aged 2 to 3, 71 males aged 1 to 2, 69 females aged 4 to 5, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 68 females aged 2 to 3, 66 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 60 females age 3 to 4, 49 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 males of unknown age, 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 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,658 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $135,219 value all livestock, 83,650 pounds of homemade butter, $66,236 value farms (dollars), 64,592 acres of land in farms, 58,170 bushels of potatoes, $43,392 value horses aged over 3 years, $43,240 value farm implements in dollars, 38,765 pounds of maple sugar, 36,576 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 28,887 bushels of oats, 28,016 acres of farmland under cultivation, 26,941 bushels of rye, 15,124 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,569 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,565 bushels of spring wheat, 12,519 acres of farmland under crops, 11,059 bushels of barley, $10,531 value garden and orchard crops, 4,811 bushels of peas, 4,589 sheep, 4,555 tons of hay, 4,213 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,676 bushels of buckwheat, 3,493 acres of rye, 2,353 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2,169 acres of oats, 2,124 acres of spring wheat, 1,848 calves and heifers, 1,403 swine, 1,295 milk cows, 858 acres of barley, 855 barrels of pork, 680 acres of peas, 591 acres of potatoes, 579 horses aged over 3 years, 470 occupants of farms, 373 acres of farmland in gardens, 327 barrels of beef, 313 acres of buckwheat, 226 horses aged 3 years and under, 127 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 105 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 97 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 94 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 bushels of beans, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 bushels of carrots, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $16,964 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,968 yards of fulled cloth, 7,370 yards of flannel, 5,691 yards of linen, 769 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 620 barrels of salted fish sold, 189 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 420 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 28 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/baie-st-paul-qc013001-1861/.