Château Richer, Quebec (1861 census)

Château Richer was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,537. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142001. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.066°N, 71.097°W.

Population

In 1861, Château Richer had a population of 1,537: 763 male and 774 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Château Richer shared boundaries with:

• Laval, VL
• L’Ange Gardien
• NO DATA
• St. Edmond
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,537 total population, 774 females, 763 males, Female members of the family who are present: 697, Male members of the family who are present: 668, 515 single females, 511 single males, 222 married males, 220 married females, 175 adult males unable to read or write, 97 females attending school, 96 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 95, 80 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 77, 39 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 20 female births, 20 male births, 6 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 113 females aged 5 to 10, 106 males aged 5 to 10, 94 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 single females aged 20 to 30, 90 single males aged 15 to 20, 85 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (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 1,517 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $170,805 value farms (dollars), 102,182 pounds of maple sugar, $29,633 value all livestock, 28,790 acres of land in farms, 25,189 bushels of oats, 20,823 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,695 bushels of potatoes, 16,440 pounds of homemade butter, $11,613 value horses aged over 3 years, $10,240 value farm implements in dollars, 7,967 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,586 bushels of spring wheat, 4,335 acres of farmland under crops, 3,568 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,387 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,908 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,958 sheep, $1,861 value garden and orchard crops, 1,610 acres of oats, 1,408 bushels of barley, 1,126 bushels of turnips, 978 tons of hay, 735 bulls, oxen, or steers, 715 calves and heifers, 630 swine, 609 bushels of peas, 523 milk cows, 482 acres of spring wheat, 405 bushels of rye, 355 bushels of buckwheat, 290 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 235 horses aged over 3 years, 147 acres of potatoes, 130 occupants of farms, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 92 acres of barley, 73 acres of peas, 70 barrels of beef, 68 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 64 acres of farmland in gardens, 64 bushels of beans, 48 acres of rye, 46 horses aged 3 years and under, 42 barrels of pork, 42 bushels of corn, 36 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 34 acres of buckwheat, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 bushels of carrots, 7 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,359 yards of linen, $3,128 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,186 yards of flannel, 1,902 yards of fulled cloth, 110 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 3 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: QC036002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142001
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer

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). "Château Richer, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ch-teau-richer-qc036002-1861/.