Denonville, Quebec (1861 census)

Denonville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.942°N, 69.153°W.

Population

In 1861, Denonville had a population of 159: 90 male and 69 female residents.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Denonville, Hocquart, 1871 (54.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Denonville shared boundaries with:

• Begon
• Isle Verte
• NO DATA
• St. Eloi
• Viger

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 105 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 159 total population, 90 males, Male members of the family who are present: 80, 69 females, Female members of the family who are present: 60, 56 single males, 38 single females, 27 married males, 22 married females, 14 adult females unable to read or write, 12 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 10, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, 9 widowed females, 8 females attending school, 7 males attending school, 7 widowed males, 1 female births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 15 females aged 5 to 10, 13 single males aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 10 to 15, 10 single males aged 20 to 30, 9 single females aged 10 to 15, 8 married males aged 30 to 40, 7 males aged 5 to 10, 6 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 40 to 50, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 males aged 2 to 3, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 159 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $23,525 value farms (dollars), 19,595 acres of land in farms, 9,252 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,175 pounds of maple sugar, 5,200 bushels of barley, $2,586 value all livestock, 1,762 bushels of rye, 1,550 bushels of potatoes, $1,369 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,343 acres of farmland under cultivation, $917 value farm implements in dollars, 767 acres of farmland in pasture, 576 acres of farmland under crops, 531 bushels of spring wheat, 292 bushels of peas, 280 bushels of turnips, 275 bushels of oats, 257 acres of barley, 164 pounds of wool produced on farms, 163 acres of rye, 108 occupants of farms, 100 pounds of homemade butter, 76 sheep, 56 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 53 acres of spring wheat, 47 swine, 45 tons of hay, 37 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 milk cows, 30 acres of peas, 25 horses aged over 3 years, 21 acres of oats, 21 bulls, oxen, or steers, 13 pounds of flax or hemp, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of potatoes, 5 calves and heifers, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 180 yards of flannel, 162 yards of fulled cloth, 10 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC054002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054002 — 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). "Denonville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/denonville-qc054002-1861/.