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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Beauport, Quebec (1861 census)

Beauport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,260. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.904°N, 71.215°W.

Population

In 1861, Beauport had a population of 3,260: 1,688 male and 1,572 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Beauport shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,260 total population, 1,688 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,607, 1,572 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,483, 1,132 single males, 1,005 single females, 505 married males, 498 married females, 393 adult males unable to read or write, 334 adult females unable to read or write, 290 males attending school, 243 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 89, 88 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 81, 69 widowed females, 53 female births, 51 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 210 single females aged 15 to 20, 202 single males aged 10 to 15, 181 single females aged 10 to 15, 180 males aged 5 to 10, 178 single males aged 20 to 30, 172 single females aged 20 to 30, 171 single males aged 15 to 20, 163 married males aged 30 to 40, 162 females aged 5 to 10, 159 married females aged 30 to 40, 121 married males aged 40 to 50, 112 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 married females aged 40 to 50, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 80 married males aged 50 to 60, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 55 males aged 4 to 5, 54 females aged 2 to 3, 52 married males aged 60 to 70, 51 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 38 females age 3 to 4, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 females of unknown age, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,988 French Canadians, 192 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 21 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $564,417 value farms (dollars), $56,623 value all livestock, 42,734 bushels of oats, $23,647 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,109 acres of land in farms, 18,784 pounds of homemade butter, $17,696 value farm implements in dollars, 15,425 bushels of potatoes, $13,763 value garden and orchard crops, 13,634 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,475 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,547 acres of farmland under crops, 3,879 bushels of spring wheat, 3,047 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,574 bushels of turnips, 2,284 tons of hay, 2,142 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,100 bushels of peas, 1,837 acres of oats, 1,474 sheep, 1,408 bushels of barley, 1,386 pounds of maple sugar, 1,141 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,118 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 806 swine, 778 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 603 bushels of carrots, 506 milk cows, 490 bulls, oxen, or steers, 444 horses aged over 3 years, 304 calves and heifers, 301 barrels of pork, 291 occupants of farms, 268 acres of spring wheat, 186 acres of farmland in gardens, 150 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 149 acres of peas, 148 bushels of beans, 147 acres of potatoes, 84 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 bushels of buckwheat, 74 bushels of corn, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 65 acres of barley, 60 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 40 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 12 barrels of beef, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of rye, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of corn, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,975 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,840 yards of fulled cloth, 1,020 yards of flannel, 672 yards of linen, 375 carriages for pleasure, $238 value carriages for hire (dollars), 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 63 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 38, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 23, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 18, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 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). "Beauport, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauport-qc042002-1861/.