Convent of Ste. Anne, Quebec (1861 census)

Convent of Ste. Anne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.958°N, 73.563°W.

Population

In 1861, Convent of Ste. Anne had a population of 103.

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 St. Jacques, 1851 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Jacques, 1871 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Convent of Ste. Anne shared boundaries with:

• St. Jacques

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 103 females, 103 single females, 103 total population, Female members of the family who are present: 62, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, 2 adult females unable to read or write, 2 adult males unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 females aged 5 to 10, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 103 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $600 value farms (dollars), 500 acres of land in farms, 488 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 200 pounds of maple sugar, 150 bushels of potatoes, $100 value farm implements in dollars, 90 bushels of peas, $62 value all livestock, 30 bushels of barley, $25 value horses aged over 3 years, 12 acres of farmland under crops, 12 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9 acres of peas, 2 milk cows, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 calves and heifers, 1 horses aged over 3 years, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC034002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC034002 — 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). "Convent of Ste. Anne, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/convent-of-ste-anne-qc034002-1861/.