Cedars, Quebec (1861 census)
Cedars was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 259. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3231881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.306°N, 74.054°W.
Population
In 1861, Cedars had a population of 259: 131 male and 128 female residents.
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. Joseph, 1851 (0.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Cedars shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 259 total population, 131 males, 128 females, Female members of the family who are present: 117, Male members of the family who are present: 115, 84 single males, 78 single females, 42 married females, 41 married males, 20 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 12 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 8 widowed females, 6 female births, 6 widowed males, 4 male births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 18 single males aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 16 single males aged 10 to 15, 15 males aged 5 to 10, 15 single females aged 15 to 20, 14 married females aged 30 to 40, 13 females aged 5 to 10, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 20 to 30, 9 single males aged 20 to 30, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 females aged 2 to 3, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 236 French Canadians, 18 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,654 value all livestock, 313 barrels of pork, 65 milk cows, 30 horses aged over 3 years, 25 swine, 16 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 16 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,324 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 241 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC049002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC049002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3231881
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). "Cedars, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cedars-qc049002-1861/.