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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches, Quebec (1861 census)

Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,029. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.547°N, 69.343°W.

Population

In 1861, Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches had a population of 1,029: 646 male and 383 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,029 total population, 646 males, 477 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 429, 383 females, Female members of the family who are present: 349, 246 single females, 229 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 217, 165 married males, 124 married females, 91 adult females unable to read or write, 50 females attending school, 45 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 34, 29 male births, 28 female births, 13 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 71 males aged 5 to 10, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 females aged 5 to 10, 51 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 single females aged 10 to 15, 35 married females aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,017 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $16,910 value farms (dollars), $11,571 value all livestock, 8,951 acres of land in farms, 8,000 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $7,920 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,831 bushels of potatoes, 2,325 pounds of homemade butter, 951 acres of farmland under cultivation, 696 acres of farmland in pasture, 435 bushels of barley, $394 value farm implements in dollars, 377 bushels of oats, 300 pounds of maple sugar, 260 bushels of rye, 254 acres of farmland under crops, 233 tons of hay, 190 pounds of wool produced on farms, 186 bushels of peas, 176 bushels of spring wheat, 99 horses aged over 3 years, 95 swine, 94 sheep, 79 acres of barley, 74 milk cows, 54 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 occupants of farms, 47 acres of potatoes, 37 acres of oats, 36 acres of rye, 31 calves and heifers, 27 acres of peas, 26 acres of spring wheat, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 barrels of beef, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 134 yards of flannel, 123 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3,528 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 95,536 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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). "Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/escoumins-iberville-and-mille-vaches-qc047003-1861/.