Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North, Quebec (1861 census)
Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.153°N, 65.067°W.
Population
In 1861, Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North had a population of 304: 171 male and 133 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Vallée des Monts, 1871 (17.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Chloridormes, 1871 (27.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 304 total population, 171 males, Male members of the family who are present: 158, 133 females, Female members of the family who are present: 122, Males present who are not members of the family: 13, Females present who are not members of the family: 11. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 26 males aged 5 to 10, 23 females aged 5 to 10, 22 single males aged 10 to 15, 17 married males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 10 to 15, 13 married females aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 269 French Canadians, 29 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $38,298 value farms (dollars), 7,985 pounds of maple sugar, 6,540 bushels of potatoes, 5,172 acres of land in farms, 4,691 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $3,816 value all livestock, $3,068 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,809 pounds of homemade butter, 524 bushels of barley, 481 acres of farmland under cultivation, $383 value farm implements in dollars, 349 bushels of oats, 348 acres of farmland under crops, 344 bushels of peas, 315 pounds of wool produced on farms, 301 bushels of spring wheat, 297 bushels of rye, 210 bushels of turnips, 130 acres of farmland in pasture, 113 sheep, 102 swine, $88 value garden and orchard crops, 73 occupants of farms, 65 milk cows, 64 acres of potatoes, 49 calves and heifers, 46 acres of rye, 46 acres of spring wheat, 42 acres of peas, 34 acres of barley, 32 bushels of winter wheat, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 bulls, oxen, or steers, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 acres of oats, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 tons of hay, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 acres of turnips, 3 horses aged over 3 years, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of winter wheat, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 184 yards of flannel, 5 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 606 barrels of salted fish sold, 240 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 6,534 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC019008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC019008— 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). "Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grande-vall-e-des-monts-st-anse-de-l-etang-and-sydenham-north-qc019008-1861/.