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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q138018022

Chambly, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Chambly, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,379. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138018022. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.450°N, 73.290°W.

Population

In 1861, Chambly, Village had a population of 1,379: 644 male and 735 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Chambly, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,379 total population, 735 females, Female members of the family who are present: 679, 644 males, Male members of the family who are present: 594, 480 single females, 421 single males, 214 married females, 211 married males, 126 males attending school, 105 females attending school, 77 adult males unable to read or write, 67 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 50, 41 widowed females, 20 female births, 18 male births, 12 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 85 single females aged 10 to 15, 76 single females aged 15 to 20, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 females aged 5 to 10, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 males aged 5 to 10, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,019 French Canadians, 230 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 75 persons originating in Ireland, 26 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $13,742 value all livestock, 174 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 144 horses aged over 3 years, 143 milk cows, 67 swine, 29 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,439 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 164 carriages for pleasure, 67 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Chambly, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chambly-village-qc011004-1861/.