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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141924

Boucherville, Quebec (1861 census)

Boucherville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,813. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.589°N, 73.419°W.

Population

In 1861, Boucherville had a population of 1,813: 907 male and 906 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18611,813
18711,364

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, Boucherville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,813 total population, 907 males, 906 females, Female members of the family who are present: 804, Male members of the family who are present: 803, 652 single females, 640 single males, 242 adult males unable to read or write, 242 married males, 233 married females, 226 adult females unable to read or write, 125 males attending school, 117 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 104, Females present who are not members of the family: 102, 32 female births, 30 male births, 25 widowed males, 21 widowed females, 3 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 158 females aged 5 to 10, 150 males aged 5 to 10, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 10 to 15, 109 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 single males aged 20 to 30, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 males of unknown age, 41 females of unknown age, 40 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 females age 3 to 4, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,813 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $965,600 value farms (dollars), $114,091 value all livestock, 81,737 bushels of oats, $47,663 value horses aged over 3 years, 43,135 pounds of homemade butter, $28,747 value farm implements in dollars, 21,855 acres of land in farms, 20,377 bushels of barley, 18,843 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,202 bushels of peas, 14,038 acres of farmland under crops, 13,140 bushels of potatoes, 5,792 acres of oats, 5,504 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,748 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,366 tons of hay, 3,012 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,309 bushels of spring wheat, $2,107 value garden and orchard crops, 2,006 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,801 sheep, 1,714 bushels of corn, 1,344 acres of barley, 1,191 acres of peas, 1,116 pounds of flax or hemp, 962 bulls, oxen, or steers, 926 swine, 915 milk cows, 684 calves and heifers, 679 horses aged over 3 years, 596 bushels of buckwheat, 441 horses aged 3 years and under, 380 barrels of pork, 209 acres of spring wheat, 206 occupants of farms, 154 acres of potatoes, 150 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 116 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 89 acres of corn, 82 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 bushels of beans, 57 acres of farmland in gardens, 48 acres of buckwheat, 35 bushels of carrots, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,384 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,402 yards of flannel, 2,347 yards of fulled cloth, 596 yards of linen, 487 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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). "Boucherville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/boucherville-qc011001-1861/.