Chichester, Quebec (1861 census)

Chichester was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 539. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242811. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.993°N, 77.085°W.

Population

In 1861, Chichester had a population of 539: 302 male and 237 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, Chichester shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Sheen
• Waltham

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 539 total population, 302 males, Male members of the family who are present: 244, 237 females, Female members of the family who are present: 223, 214 single males, 160 single females, 80 married males, 71 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 58, 45 adult males unable to read or write, 31 adult females unable to read or write, 16 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 13 male births, 13 males attending school, 10 female births, 8 widowed males, 6 widowed females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 48 females aged 5 to 10, 38 males aged 5 to 10, 33 single females aged 10 to 15, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single males aged 15 to 20, 32 single males aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 single females aged 15 to 20, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 282 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 147 French Canadians, 101 persons originating in Ireland, 14 Indigenous persons, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $20,397 value farms (dollars), $19,013 value all livestock, 10,440 pounds of homemade butter, $8,067 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,765 bushels of potatoes, 7,580 bushels of oats, 7,432 acres of land in farms, 5,970 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,155 bushels of spring wheat, 1,462 acres of farmland under cultivation, $1,124 value farm implements in dollars, 1,120 bushels of turnips, 1,016 bushels of peas, 800 acres of farmland under crops, 754 pounds of wool produced on farms, 661 acres of farmland in pasture, 618 bushels of winter wheat, 522 tons of hay, 370 acres of oats, 334 bushels of rye, 283 swine, 221 bushels of buckwheat, 220 bushels of corn, 210 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 208 milk cows, 207 calves and heifers, 205 sheep, 171 barrels of pork, 165 pounds of maple sugar, 144 acres of spring wheat, 139 bushels of barley, 106 barrels of beef, 97 horses aged over 3 years, 83 acres of peas, 71 acres of potatoes, 69 bulls, oxen, or steers, 56 occupants of farms, 42 acres of winter wheat, 36 acres of rye, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $17 value garden and orchard crops, 15 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of corn, 11 acres of barley, 8 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 686 yards of flannel, $339 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 16 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC040006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242811

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). "Chichester, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chichester-qc040006-1861/.