Contrecoeur, Quebec (1861 census)

Contrecoeur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,141. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138271762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.862°N, 73.230°W.

Population

In 1861, Contrecoeur had a population of 2,141: 1,032 male and 1,109 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, Contrecoeur shared boundaries with:

• Sorel Parish
• St. Antoine
• St. Roch
• Verchères

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,141 total population, 1,109 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,066, 1,032 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,001, 759 single females, 690 single males, 314 married males, 312 married females, 281 adult males unable to read or write, 187 adult females unable to read or write, 163 males attending school, 131 females attending school, 51 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 41 male births, 38 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 28 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 166 females aged 5 to 10, 160 males aged 5 to 10, 144 single males aged 10 to 15, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 married males aged 30 to 40, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,139 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $482,730 value farms (dollars), $63,279 value all livestock, 51,196 bushels of oats, $28,576 value horses aged over 3 years, 23,461 pounds of maple sugar, 21,988 bushels of potatoes, 21,529 pounds of homemade butter, 17,308 acres of land in farms, $14,530 value farm implements in dollars, 11,681 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,987 bushels of peas, 8,649 bushels of barley, 7,526 acres of farmland under crops, 5,627 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,296 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,005 bushels of rye, 4,835 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,082 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,296 bushels of spring wheat, 2,967 acres of oats, $2,297 value garden and orchard crops, 1,863 tons of hay, 1,829 sheep, 1,048 bushels of corn, 802 milk cows, 799 bulls, oxen, or steers, 784 acres of peas, 772 swine, 682 barrels of pork, 623 bushels of buckwheat, 611 calves and heifers, 582 acres of rye, 571 horses aged over 3 years, 440 acres of barley, 331 bushels of carrots, 306 acres of spring wheat, 260 horses aged 3 years and under, 256 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 237 occupants of farms, 205 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 166 acres of potatoes, 160 barrels of beef, 122 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 83 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 73 acres of farmland in gardens, 57 acres of corn, 50 acres of buckwheat, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 pounds of hops, 17 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,068 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,973 yards of flannel, 3,412 yards of linen, 2,726 yards of fulled cloth, 532 carriages for pleasure, $117 value carriages for hire (dollars), 27 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC058002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC145013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138271762

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). "Contrecoeur, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/contrecoeur-qc058002-1861/.