Bouchette, Quebec (1861 census)

Bouchette was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242573. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.236°N, 76.049°W.

Population

In 1861, Bouchette had a population of 400.

Population trajectory across census years

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

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 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Bouchette shared boundaries with:

• Cameron
• Maniwaky and McGill
• NO DATA
• Northfield
• Wabasse and Wright

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 400 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 258 French Canadians, 107 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 30 persons originating in Ireland, 7 Indigenous persons, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $9,703 value farms (dollars), $6,263 value all livestock, 5,486 acres of land in farms, 5,027 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,920 bushels of oats, 2,333 bushels of turnips, $1,984 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,848 bushels of potatoes, 1,160 pounds of homemade butter, 459 acres of farmland under cultivation, $403 value farm implements in dollars, 381 acres of farmland under crops, 215 bushels of spring wheat, 202 acres of oats, 128 bushels of peas, 125 bushels of barley, 109 tons of hay, 80 bushels of carrots, 80 pounds of maple sugar, 78 acres of farmland in pasture, 75 bulls, oxen, or steers, 48 bushels of buckwheat, 38 horses aged over 3 years, 38 swine, 37 calves and heifers, 35 occupants of farms, 28 milk cows, 26 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 19 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 15 acres of spring wheat, 15 acres of turnips, 14 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of peas, 5 acres of barley, 5 barrels of beef, 5 barrels of pork, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 sheep, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC205004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242573

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). "Bouchette, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bouchette-qc039009-1861/.