Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1861 census)

Charlesbourg, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,447. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.899°N, 71.306°W.

Population

In 1861, Charlesbourg, VL had a population of 2,447: 1,236 male and 1,211 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, Charlesbourg, VL shared boundaries with:

• Beauport
• St. Ambroise
• St. Dunstan
• St. Edmond
• St. Roch

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,447 total population, 1,236 males, 1,211 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,087, Male members of the family who are present: 1,084, 796 single females, 767 single males, 430 married males, 370 married females, 255 adult males unable to read or write, 160 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 152, 151 females attending school, 129 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 124, 57 male births, 46 female births, 45 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 2 blind females, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 141 single males aged 20 to 30, 140 single females aged 20 to 30, 139 females aged 5 to 10, 135 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single females aged 15 to 20, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 110 single males aged 10 to 15, 105 married males aged 30 to 40, 103 married females aged 30 to 40, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married females aged 40 to 50, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 married males aged 60 to 70, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 married males aged 80 to 90, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (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 2,252 French Canadians, 116 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 66 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,062,042 value farms (dollars), $78,069 value all livestock, $57,295 value horses aged over 3 years, 51,110 bushels of oats, 35,041 pounds of homemade butter, 31,339 bushels of potatoes, $27,404 value farm implements in dollars, 24,852 acres of land in farms, $19,216 value garden and orchard crops, 13,159 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,693 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,745 acres of farmland under crops, 5,345 bushels of turnips, 5,003 tons of hay, 4,958 pounds of maple sugar, 3,719 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,066 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,271 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,225 acres of oats, 1,676 bushels of barley, 1,127 sheep, 1,074 swine, 950 bushels of peas, 939 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 877 milk cows, 582 bushels of carrots, 579 barrels of pork, 571 bushels of spring wheat, 516 bulls, oxen, or steers, 447 horses aged over 3 years, 409 occupants of farms, 355 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 260 acres of potatoes, 229 acres of farmland in gardens, 202 bushels of buckwheat, 178 bushels of beans, 163 bushels of corn, 140 calves and heifers, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 99 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 82 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 80 horses aged 3 years and under, 73 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 acres of barley, 63 acres of peas, 43 acres of spring wheat, 38 acres of turnips, 36 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 21 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 15 bushels of rye, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 acres of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 acres of corn, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,140 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,033 yards of fulled cloth, 1,323 yards of linen, 1,126 yards of flannel, 482 carriages for pleasure. (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: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC042003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660491
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg,_Quebec_City
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg

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). "Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/charlesbourg-vl-qc042003-1861/.