Côteau St. Louis, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Côteau St. Louis (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Côteau St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,746. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.524°N, 73.601°W.

Population

In 1861, Côteau St. Louis had a population of 1,746: 884 male and 862 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	1,746
1871	2,215

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 St. Louis, 1851 (87.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Côteau St. Louis shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,746 total population, 884 males, 862 females, Female members of the family who are present: 816, Male members of the family who are present: 789, 604 single males, 587 single females, 295 adult males unable to read or write, 282 adult females unable to read or write, 257 married males, 251 married females, 147 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 95, 63 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 32 female births, 31 male births, 24 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 8 deaf and dumb males, 6 deaf and dumb females, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 147 males aged 5 to 10, 130 single females aged 10 to 15, 124 males aged 4 to 5, 111 females aged 4 to 5, 103 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 females aged 5 to 10, 88 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 15 to 20, 63 single females aged 15 to 20, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 15 to 20, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 39 females age 3 to 4, 35 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 21 single males aged 20 to 30, 20 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,472 French Canadians, 180 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 67 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $150,400 value farms (dollars), $15,379 value all livestock, 14,820 bushels of potatoes, $7,495 value farm implements in dollars, 4,425 pounds of homemade butter, 2,960 bushels of oats, $2,300 value garden and orchard crops, 1,941 bushels of barley, 1,463 acres of land in farms, 1,146 acres of farmland under cultivation, 761 acres of farmland under crops, 660 bushels of carrots, 353 acres of farmland in pasture, 317 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 297 bushels of spring wheat, 290 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 285 bushels of buckwheat, 220 swine, 205 horses aged over 3 years, 195 milk cows, 160 bushels of peas, 155 bushels of corn, 137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 acres of oats, 103 acres of barley, 103 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 97 acres of potatoes, 56 tons of hay, 38 barrels of pork, 32 acres of farmland in gardens, 26 pounds of wool produced on farms, 19 acres of spring wheat, 18 occupants of farms, 16 calves and heifers, 10 acres of peas, 10 sheep, 8 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 6 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,564 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 105 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 104 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Denis-Benjamin Viger	1774–1861	died here
Samuel Gale	1783–1865	died here
Pierre-Marie Mignault	1784–1868	died here
Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel	1785–1866	died here
James Leslie	1786–1873	died here
John Boston	1786–1862	died here
John Torrance	1786–1870	died here
Antoine Manseau	1787–1866	died here
George Moffatt	1787–1865	died here
John Frothingham	1788–1870	died here
Nicolas Dufresne	1789–1863	died here
the Reverend Joseph Abbott	1790–1862	died here
C.N.D. mère Sainte-Madeleine	1791–1869	died here
J. (John) Bethune	1791–1872	died here
John Hilton	1791–1866	died here
Thomas Molson	1791–1863	died here
Wolfred Nelson	1791–1863	died here
William Molson	1793–1875	died here
Benjamin Holmes	1794–1865	died here
Marie-Louise Dorval	1794–1866	died here
Marie-Rosalie Cadron	1794–1864	died here
Robert Raby Burrage	1794–1864	died here
Alexander Mathieson	1795–1870	died here
Louis Boyer	1795–1870	died here
Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux	1796–1865	died here
John Redpath	1796–1869	died here
Pierre-Louis Billaudèle	1796–1869	died here
R.J. (Rémi-Joseph) Tellier	1796–1866	died here
Thomas Brown Anderson	1796–1873	died here
Charles Séraphin Rodier	1797–1876	died here
John Edward Harriott	1797–1866	died here
Antoine-Olivier Berthelet	1798–1872	died here
John Anthony Donegani	1798–1868	died here
Pierre-Édouard Leclère	1798–1866	died here
François-Joseph-Victor Regnaud	1799–1872	died here
Moses Judah Hays	1799–1861	died here
Pierre-Louis Panet	1800–1870	died here
William Dow	1800–1868	died here
Charles Mondelet	1801–1876	died here
Frederick Widder	1801–1865	died here
Jos Montferrand	1802–1864	died here
Adam Lillie	1803–1869	died here
Francis Fulford	1803–1868	died here
George Burns Symes	1803–1863	died here
Hubert Paré	1803–1869	died here
Rollo Campbell	1803–1871	died here
Hortense Globensky	1804–1873	died here
Joseph-Marie Paquet	1804–1869	died here
David Kinnear	1805–1862	died here
David Torrance	1805–1876	died here
James Smith	1806–1868	died here
Lemuel Cushing	1806–1875	died here
Thomas Cushing Aylwin	1806–1871	died here
Louis Perrault	1807–1866	died here
Marie-Julie-Marguerite Céré de la Colombière	1807–1876	died here
Patrice Lacombe	1807–1863	died here
Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine	1807–1864	died here
Alexis-Frédéric Truteau	1808–1872	died here
Charles de Cazes	1808–1867	died here
Edwin Atwater	1808–1874	died here
George Paschal Desbarats	1808–1864	died here
Thomas Kay	1810–1863	died here
Frederick William Ermatinger	1811–1869	died here
Archibald Hall	1812–1868	died here
Charles Smallwood	1812–1873	died here
Henry John Noad	1812–1870	died here
Jean-Baptiste Prat	1812–1876	died here
Joshua Bell	1812–1863	died here
Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis	1814–1871	died here
George Edward Clerk	1815–1875	died here
Alexandre-Auguste Brunet	1816–1866	died here
Charles Heavysege	1816–1876	died here
J.U. (Joseph Ubald) Baudry	1816–1876	died here
Antoine Mercier	1817–1875	died here
Dugald Mactavish	1817–1871	died here
Jacques-Félix Sincennes	1818–1876	died here
Charles-Désiré-Joseph Wugk	1819–1862	died here
E. (Elkanah) Billings	1820–1876	died here
Stanley Clark Bagg	1820–1873	died here
Edward White	1822–1872	died here
Joseph Lenoir	1822–1861	died here
Frederick Warren Harris	1823–1863	died here
Alfred Booker	1824–1871	died here
Louis Labrèche-Viger	1824–1872	died here
Charles Daoust	1825–1868	died here
Masson	1826–1875	died here
Charles Laberge	1827–1874	died here
F. (Francis) Cassidy	1827–1873	died here
Thomas Sellar	1828–1867	died here
Patrick Delaney	1829–1874	died here
Albine Gadbois	1830–1874	died here
Cyrille Boucher	1834–1865	died here
Ludger Labelle	1839–1867	died here
Joseph-Nazaire Dupuis	1844–1876	died here
Louis Rubenstein	1857–1931	born here
Maurice Perrault	1857–1909	born here
Joseph Venne	1858–1925	born here
קלרנס יצחק דה- סולה	1858–1920	born here
Arthur Godfrey Peuchen	1859–1929	born here
Victor Dubreuil	1859–1916	born here
Elizabeth Binmore	1860–1917	born here
Alexandre Carli	1861–1938	born here
Joseph Guibord	d. 1869	died here
William Watson	d. 1867	died here

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC020003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC107004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Côteau St. Louis, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/c-teau-st-louis-qc020003-1861/.