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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  County: Chicoutimi

Charlevoix, Quebec (1861 census)

Charlevoix was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 137. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.410°N, 72.172°W.

Population

In 1861, Charlevoix had a population of 137. Population density was 2.5 people per square mile.

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, Charlevoix shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (2 variables)
VariableValue
POP TOT137
Total population137
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians137
Agriculture (49 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley38
Acres of farmland in gardens5
Acres of farmland in pasture80
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest2,290
Acres of farmland under crops150
Acres of farmland under cultivation235
Acres of land in farms2,525
Acres of oats14
Acres of peas20
Acres of potatoes17
Acres of rye3
Acres of spring wheat56
Acres of turnips1
Bushels of barley produced in the past year469
Bushels of oats produced in the past year240
Bushels of peas produced in the past year108
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year1,328
Bushels of rye produced in the past year36
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year449
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year50
C20 WHT SP AC56
C21 WHT SP BU449
C22 BAR AC38
C23 BAR BU469
C24 RYE AC3
C25 RYE BU36
C26 PEA AC20
C27 PEA BU108
C28 OAT AC14
C29 OAT BU240
C34 POT AC17
C35 POT BU1,328
C47 WOOL LBS156
HRS ov03 V1,747
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers839
Number of horses aged 3 years and under4
Number of horses aged over 3 years15
Number of milk cows29
Number of occupants of farms16
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres5
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres6
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres5
Number of sheep76
Number of swine41
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year156
Value of all livestock2,375
Value of farm implements in dollars509
Value of farms (dollars)6,255
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year61
Manufacturing & industry (4 variables)
VariableValue
Number of carriages for pleasure5
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)48
Yards of flannel produced in the past year132
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year54
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
VariableValue
C01 TOTAL16
C05 OCC 50 TO 1006
C06 OCC 100 TO 2005
C07 OCC OVR 2005
C08 HELD2,525
C09 UNDR CULT235
C10 UNDR CROP150
C11 UNDR PAST80
C12 GARDENS5
C13 WOOD WILD2,290
C14 CASH FARM6,255
C15 CASH IMP509
C16 GARDN VALUE61
C36 TUR AC1
C37 TUR BU50
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS54
C49 FLAN YRDS132
C52 BULLS OX STEERS839
C53 MILK COWS29
C55 HORSES15
C56 HORSES VAL1,747
C57 COLTS FILLIES4
C58 SHEEP76
C59 SWINE41
C60 TOT VALUE2,375
C68 CAR PLEASURE5
C69 VALUE DOL P48
CD NAMEChicoutimi
Natives of Canada French Origin137

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). "Charlevoix, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/charlevoix-qc015004-1861/.