Cap Santé, Quebec (1861 census)

Cap Santé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,315. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141635. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.745°N, 71.882°W.

Population

In 1861, Cap Santé had a population of 3,315: 1,676 male and 1,639 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Portneuf, VL, 1871 (61.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cap Santé, 1871 (35.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Cap Santé shared boundaries with:

• Deschambault
• NO DATA
• Pointe-aux-Trembles
• St. Alban
• St. Bazile

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,315 total population, 1,676 males, 1,639 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,566, Female members of the family who are present: 1,549, 1,043 single males, 953 single females, 608 married females, 585 married males, 209 adult males unable to read or write, 191 males attending school, 173 females attending school, 150 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 110, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, 78 widowed females, 74 male births, 61 female births, 48 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 228 males aged 5 to 10, 221 females aged 5 to 10, 193 married females aged 20 to 30, 187 single females aged 10 to 15, 186 married males aged 20 to 30, 186 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 married females aged 30 to 40, 142 married males aged 30 to 40, 133 single males aged 15 to 20, 114 married females aged 40 to 50, 112 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 married males aged 40 to 50, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 69 females aged 1 to 2, 69 married females aged 50 to 60, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 61 females age 3 to 4, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 46 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 females of unknown age, 15 males of unknown age, 15 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,823 French Canadians, 339 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 80 persons originating in Ireland, 45 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $392,137 value farms (dollars), $144,304 value all livestock, 74,640 bushels of oats, 45,574 acres of land in farms, 42,705 pounds of homemade butter, $40,208 value horses aged over 3 years, 36,234 pounds of maple sugar, 29,565 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,672 bushels of potatoes, 16,009 acres of farmland under cultivation, $15,311 value farm implements in dollars, 8,020 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,915 acres of farmland under crops, 5,628 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,240 bushels of spring wheat, 5,005 bushels of turnips, 4,564 acres of oats, 3,418 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,935 bushels of buckwheat, 2,255 tons of hay, 2,019 sheep, 1,959 bushels of rye, 1,709 bushels of peas, 1,580 bushels of barley, $1,187 value garden and orchard crops, 1,140 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,044 milk cows, 941 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 808 calves and heifers, 711 swine, 556 acres of spring wheat, 532 horses aged over 3 years, 436 barrels of pork, 426 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 363 bushels of carrots, 320 occupants of farms, 306 acres of potatoes, 275 bushels of corn, 223 acres of buckwheat, 205 acres of rye, 176 acres of peas, 123 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 acres of farmland in gardens, 71 acres of barley, 50 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 42 acres of turnips, 34 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 acres of mangel wurtzel, 16 acres of corn, 12 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 barrels of beef. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,171 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,452 yards of linen, 2,558 yards of fulled cloth, 2,006 yards of flannel, 724 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC041001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC080002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141635
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Sant%C3%A9
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Sant%C3%A9

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 Santé, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-sant-qc041001-1861/.