Champlain Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

Champlain Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,968. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.805°N, 71.209°W.

Population

In 1861, Champlain Ward had a population of 4,968: 2,515 male and 2,453 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 Québec, C, 1851 (6.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Champlain Ward shared boundaries with:

• Montcalm Ward
• Notre Dame de Québec
• St. Lewis’ Ward
• St. Peters’ Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 121 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,968 total population, 2,515 males, 2,453 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,417, Female members of the family who are present: 2,300, 1,673 single males, 1,523 single females, 786 married males, 766 married females, 395 males attending school, 228 females attending school, 210 adult males unable to read or write, 182 adult females unable to read or write, 164 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 153, 106 female births, 106 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, 56 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 324 single males aged 20 to 30, 295 single males aged 10 to 15, 277 married males aged 30 to 40, 272 males aged 5 to 10, 271 single males aged 15 to 20, 268 married females aged 30 to 40, 263 females aged 5 to 10, 257 single females aged 10 to 15, 255 single females aged 15 to 20, 230 married females aged 20 to 30, 228 married males aged 40 to 50, 219 single females aged 20 to 30, 170 married females aged 40 to 50, 141 married males aged 20 to 30, 98 females aged 2 to 3, 92 females age 3 to 4, 89 males aged 1 to 2, 89 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 males aged 2 to 3, 81 females aged 1 to 2, 77 males aged 3 to 4, 74 females aged 4 to 5, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 60 married females aged 50 to 60, 51 single males aged 30 to 40, 48 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 44 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 41 single females aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 40 to 50, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,104 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,780 persons originating in Ireland, 915 French Canadians, 89 persons originating in England or Wales, 40 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 5 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in France. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes 155,611 swine, 1,376 calves and heifers, 882 bulls, oxen, or steers, 880 sheep, $377 value garden and orchard crops, 32 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 82,010 carriages for pleasure, 44,023 carriages for hire, $953 value carriages for pleasure (dollars). (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,015 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC062001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062001 — 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). "Champlain Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/champlain-ward-qc062001-1861/.