Fox, Quebec (1861 census)

Fox was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 588. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.978°N, 64.441°W.

Population

In 1861, Fox had a population of 588.

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Sydenham (N.) Fox, 1871 (51.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Fox shared boundaries with:

• Cap Rosier
• Gaspé Bay, North
• Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North
• Sydenham, South

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 588 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 470 French Canadians, 107 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. 8 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $48,615 value farms (dollars), 6,171 bushels of potatoes, $6,027 value all livestock, $5,452 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,356 acres of land in farms, 4,841 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,171 pounds of homemade butter, 1,218 pounds of maple sugar, $668 value farm implements in dollars, 563 bushels of barley, 531 bushels of oats, 515 acres of farmland under cultivation, 307 pounds of wool produced on farms, 264 acres of farmland under crops, 251 acres of farmland in pasture, 173 tons of hay, 141 sheep, 100 swine, $98 value garden and orchard crops, 88 occupants of farms, 76 acres of potatoes, 66 calves and heifers, 52 milk cows, 44 bushels of turnips, 38 acres of barley, 35 bulls, oxen, or steers, 33 barrels of pork, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 acres of oats, 28 bushels of spring wheat, 26 horses aged over 3 years, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 barrels of beef, 6 bushels of peas, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 3 acres of spring wheat, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $322 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 31 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,131 pounds of fresh fish sold, 565 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 8,410 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC019004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC019004 — 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). "Fox, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fox-qc019004-1861/.