Carleton, Quebec (1861 census)

Carleton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 958. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.166°N, 66.159°W.

Population

In 1861, Carleton had a population of 958: 1,651 male and 1,468 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 Tracadièche, 1871 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:

• Maria
• NO DATA
• Nouvelle, Shoolbred

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,651 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,513, 1,468 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,353, 1,162 single males, 958 total population, 948 single females, 461 married females, 460 married males, 146 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 138, 136 adult females unable to read or write, 133 females attending school, 126 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 115, 59 widowed females, 40 female births, 39 male births, 29 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 225 single males aged 10 to 15, 222 females aged 5 to 10, 220 males aged 5 to 10, 216 single males aged 15 to 20, 179 single females aged 15 to 20, 173 single males aged 20 to 30, 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 142 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 single females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 83 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 single males aged 30 to 40, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 45 females age 3 to 4, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 879 French Canadians, 51 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $53,919 value farms (dollars), 29,763 bushels of potatoes, $15,937 value all livestock, $9,969 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,860 bushels of oats, 6,939 acres of land in farms, 4,593 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,307 pounds of homemade butter, $2,364 value farm implements in dollars, 2,346 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,853 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,718 bushels of barley, 1,213 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,115 bushels of rye, 1,106 acres of farmland under crops, 703 sheep, 568 bushels of spring wheat, 489 acres of oats, 359 swine, $347 value garden and orchard crops, 297 tons of hay, 280 pounds of maple sugar, 258 pounds of flax or hemp, 224 bulls, oxen, or steers, 209 acres of potatoes, 176 milk cows, 146 bushels of turnips, 136 bushels of peas, 118 barrels of pork, 116 acres of barley, 114 occupants of farms, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 103 acres of rye, 78 acres of spring wheat, 61 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 barrels of beef, 28 pounds of hops, 27 acres of farmland in gardens, 26 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 21 acres of peas, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 10 calves and heifers, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,193 yards of fulled cloth, $2,343 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,646 yards of flannel, 535 yards of linen, 101 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 5,902 barrels of salted fish sold, 37 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 862 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, 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 males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC009001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242734

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). "Carleton, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/carleton-qc009001-1861/.