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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Cap Rosier, Quebec (1861 census)

Cap Rosier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,060. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.859°N, 64.263°W.

Population

In 1861, Cap Rosier had a population of 1,060: 1,343 male and 1,293 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851785
18611,060
1891785
19011,350
19111,562

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Cap Rosier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,343 males, 1,293 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,231, Female members of the family who are present: 1,192, 1,060 total population, 914 single males, 850 single females, 405 married females, 400 married males, 294 adult males unable to read or write, 226 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 112, Females present who are not members of the family: 101, 51 females attending school, 47 males attending school, 38 widowed females, 36 male births, 29 widowed males, 28 female births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 195 males aged 5 to 10, 189 females aged 5 to 10, 172 single females aged 15 to 20, 171 single females aged 10 to 15, 161 single males aged 10 to 15, 147 single males aged 15 to 20, 147 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 124 married males aged 30 to 40, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 77 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 50 females age 3 to 4, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 568 French Canadians, 379 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 79 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $91,388 value farms (dollars), $16,430 value all livestock, 16,259 bushels of potatoes, 13,127 pounds of homemade butter, 11,890 acres of land in farms, 10,709 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $4,366 value farm implements in dollars, $2,832 value horses aged over 3 years, $2,338 value garden and orchard crops, 2,272 bushels of oats, 1,414 bushels of turnips, 1,181 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,123 bushels of barley, 1,023 acres of farmland under crops, 888 pounds of wool produced on farms, 864 bushels of spring wheat, 660 pounds of maple sugar, 601 tons of hay, 351 sheep, 255 swine, 195 calves and heifers, 180 milk cows, 159 barrels of pork, 151 occupants of farms, 134 acres of farmland in pasture, 103 acres of potatoes, 89 acres of oats, 84 bulls, oxen, or steers, 75 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 acres of barley, 59 bushels of peas, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 acres of spring wheat, 41 horses aged over 3 years, 26 acres of turnips, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 bushels of carrots, 10 barrels of beef, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of peas, 4 bushels of beans, 3 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $517 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 35 carriages for pleasure, 9 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 677 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 16,303 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 12 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Cap Rosier, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-rosier-qc019002-1861/.