Cap Chat, Quebec (1861 census)

Cap Chat was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 450. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242728. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.072°N, 66.639°W.

Population

In 1861, Cap Chat had a population of 450: 223 male and 227 female residents.

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 Cap Chat, 1851 (36.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Cap Chat shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• St. Denis and Augmentation
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 108 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 450 total population, 227 females, 223 males, Male members of the family who are present: 214, Female members of the family who are present: 212, 151 single females, 143 single males, 78 married males, 75 married females, 36 adult males unable to read or write, 23 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, 8 females attending school, 7 female births, 7 males attending school, 4 male births, 2 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 51 males aged 5 to 10, 41 females aged 5 to 10, 39 single females aged 10 to 15, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 single males aged 10 to 15, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 married males aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 females age 3 to 4, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 449 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $31,130 value farms (dollars), 8,176 bushels of potatoes, $6,746 value all livestock, 6,660 acres of land in farms, 5,106 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $3,100 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,365 pounds of maple sugar, 2,250 pounds of homemade butter, 2,164 bushels of barley, 1,554 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,375 bushels of oats, 1,306 bushels of rye, $1,128 value farm implements in dollars, 970 acres of farmland under crops, 747 pounds of wool produced on farms, 651 bushels of spring wheat, 573 acres of farmland in pasture, 551 bushels of peas, 357 sheep, 175 acres of rye, 152 swine, 147 acres of barley, 101 bulls, oxen, or steers, 85 calves and heifers, 85 milk cows, 80 pounds of flax or hemp, 79 acres of oats, 73 acres of spring wheat, 72 acres of peas, 70 acres of potatoes, 61 barrels of pork, 58 occupants of farms, 45 horses aged over 3 years, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 barrels of beef, 18 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 15 tons of hay, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 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 527 yards of fulled cloth, $456 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 439 yards of flannel, 126 yards of linen, 41 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 836 pounds of fresh fish sold, 117 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 101 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 5 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC019001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242728

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). "Cap Chat, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-chat-qc019001-1861/.