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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q5533651

Gentilly, Quebec (1861 census)

Gentilly was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,866. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5533651. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.377°N, 72.250°W.

Population

In 1861, Gentilly had a population of 2,866: 1,463 male and 1,403 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, Gentilly shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,866 total population, 1,463 males, 1,403 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,397, Female members of the family who are present: 1,333, 1,016 single males, 942 single females, 417 married females, 407 married males, 281 adult males unable to read or write, 217 females attending school, 196 males attending school, 182 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 44 widowed females, 41 male births, 40 female births, 40 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 229 males aged 5 to 10, 227 females aged 5 to 10, 197 single males aged 10 to 15, 188 single females aged 10 to 15, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 157 single females aged 15 to 20, 138 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 118 married males aged 30 to 40, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 111 married females aged 30 to 40, 83 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 females age 3 to 4, 43 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,842 French Canadians, 20 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $528,190 value farms (dollars), $70,589 value all livestock, 48,052 bushels of oats, 41,028 pounds of homemade butter, 30,401 acres of land in farms, $29,982 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,555 pounds of maple sugar, 22,407 bushels of potatoes, 17,256 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $15,972 value farm implements in dollars, 14,143 bushels of spring wheat, 13,145 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,124 pounds of flax or hemp, 9,049 acres of farmland under crops, 8,347 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,397 bushels of buckwheat, 4,096 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,705 bushels of peas, 2,748 acres of oats, 2,597 sheep, 1,435 acres of spring wheat, 1,319 bushels of barley, 1,314 tons of hay, 1,064 bushels of rye, 1,008 milk cows, 987 calves and heifers, 833 swine, 466 barrels of pork, 448 horses aged over 3 years, 410 acres of peas, 380 acres of potatoes, 312 occupants of farms, 263 acres of buckwheat, 229 bushels of corn, 203 bulls, oxen, or steers, 149 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 105 acres of barley, 105 horses aged 3 years and under, 99 acres of rye, 84 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, $60 value garden and orchard crops, 56 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 31 acres of corn, 25 bushels of turnips, 12 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,600 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 10,272 yards of linen, 4,629 yards of flannel, 3,287 yards of fulled cloth, 567 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 47 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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. (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). "Gentilly, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gentilly-qc038003-1861/.