Centre Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

Centre Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,424. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.505°N, 73.555°W.

Population

In 1861, Centre Ward had a population of 1,424: 719 male and 705 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 Montréal, cité, 1851 (1.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Centre Ward shared boundaries with:

• East Ward
• Religious Institutions
• St. Lawrence Ward
• St. Lewis’ Ward
• West Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 119 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,424 total population, 719 males, 705 females, 504 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 482, 472 single females, Female members of the family who are present: 452, Females present who are not members of the family: 253, Males present who are not members of the family: 237, 200 married females, 190 married males, 87 males attending school, 66 females attending school, 50 adult females unable to read or write, 33 widowed females, 25 female births, 25 widowed males, 22 male births, 19 adult males unable to read or write, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 146 single males aged 20 to 30, 136 single females aged 20 to 30, 91 single males aged 15 to 20, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 married males aged 30 to 40, 65 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 married females aged 20 to 30, 55 females aged 5 to 10, 52 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 males aged 5 to 10, 49 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 30 to 40, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 454 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 418 French Canadians, 232 persons originating in Ireland, 128 persons originating in England or Wales, 65 persons originating in Scotland, 61 persons originating in the United States, 34 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes 302,264 swine, 2,892 calves and heifers, 2,644 sheep, 2,160 bulls, oxen, or steers, $703 value garden and orchard crops, 91 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 119,965 carriages for pleasure, 59,776 carriages for hire, $1,248 value carriages for pleasure (dollars). (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,432 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Centre Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/centre-ward-qc061001-1861/.