Buckingham, Quebec (1861 census)

Buckingham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,417. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.617°N, 75.453°W.

Population

In 1861, Buckingham had a population of 2,417: 1,292 male and 1,125 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

• In a later year, this CSD contained L'Ange Gardien, 1871 (25.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Buckingham, 1871 (74.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Buckingham shared boundaries with:

• Buckingham, Village
• Derry, East and West
• Lochaber
• Portland
• Templeton, VL

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 2,417 total population, 1,292 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,251, 1,125 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,086, 846 single males, 718 single females, 434 married males, 387 married females, 82 females attending school, 74 males attending school, 42 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 37 adult males unable to read or write, 37 female births, 34 male births, 20 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 180 single males aged 20 to 30, 170 married males aged 30 to 40, 165 single females aged 10 to 15, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 154 married females aged 30 to 40, 142 single females aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 married females aged 40 to 50, 91 married males aged 40 to 50, 90 males aged 5 to 10, 90 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 females aged 5 to 10, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 males aged 3 to 4, 54 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 51 females age 3 to 4, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,174 French Canadians, 867 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 297 persons originating in Ireland, 38 persons originating in Scotland, 19 persons originating in the United States, 18 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 Indigenous males, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $166,580 value farms (dollars), $89,766 value all livestock, 27,014 acres of land in farms, 25,610 bushels of oats, 23,173 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,034 bushels of potatoes, 11,856 bushels of peas, $5,710 value farm implements in dollars, 4,490 pounds of homemade butter, 3,841 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,736 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,164 acres of farmland under crops, 1,768 sheep, 1,682 bushels of spring wheat, 1,535 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,304 bushels of buckwheat, 1,217 bushels of turnips, 956 acres of oats, 807 milk cows, 795 horses aged over 3 years, 689 swine, 506 acres of peas, 409 bushels of corn, 349 bushels of winter wheat, 342 bulls, oxen, or steers, 313 acres of potatoes, 303 calves and heifers, 296 bushels of rye, 228 occupants of farms, 216 bushels of barley, 142 acres of farmland in gardens, 135 horses aged 3 years and under, 127 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 91 acres of spring wheat, 80 barrels of pork, 80 tons of hay, 63 acres of buckwheat, 59 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 46 barrels of beef, 34 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 pounds of maple sugar, 29 acres of winter wheat, 22 acres of turnips, 19 bushels of carrots, 18 acres of rye, 11 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,158 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,330 yards of flannel, 617 yards of fulled cloth, 125 carriages for pleasure, 10 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 40 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC039012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242700

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). "Buckingham, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/buckingham-qc039012-1861/.