Granby, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Granby, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.401°N, 72.725°W.

Population

In 1861, Granby, Village had a population of 700: 365 male and 335 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Granby, 1851 (1.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Granby, Village shared boundaries with:

• Granby

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 126 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 700 total population, 365 males, 335 females, Male members of the family who are present: 302, Female members of the family who are present: 300, 239 single males, 206 single females, 120 married males, 116 married females, 70 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 63 females attending school, 36 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 35, 34 adult females unable to read or write, 13 female births, 13 widowed females, 9 male births, 6 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 49 males aged 5 to 10, 46 single females aged 15 to 20, 44 females aged 5 to 10, 44 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single females aged 10 to 15, 41 single males aged 10 to 15, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 277 French Canadians, 260 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 79 persons originating in the United States, 40 persons originating in Ireland, 29 persons originating in England or Wales, 14 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $18,780 value farms (dollars), 1,400 pounds of homemade butter, 995 bushels of potatoes, 734 barrels of pork, $731 value all livestock, 580 bushels of oats, 502 acres of land in farms, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $338 value farm implements in dollars, 323 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 249 bushels of spring wheat, $240 value horses aged over 3 years, 179 acres of farmland under cultivation, 144 bushels of buckwheat, 135 acres of potatoes, 135 bushels of corn, 106 pounds of wool produced on farms, 103 acres of farmland under crops, 74 acres of farmland in pasture, 44 tons of hay, 27 acres of oats, 19 milk cows, 19 sheep, 14 calves and heifers, 11 acres of spring wheat, 10 acres of buckwheat, 10 bushels of turnips, 9 occupants of farms, 6 acres of corn, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 horses aged over 3 years, 3 swine, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,953 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 481 carriages for pleasure, 10 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC048003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC192004 — 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). "Granby, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/granby-village-qc048003-1861/.