Hamilton, Quebec (1861 census)

Hamilton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,309. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.150°N, 65.578°W.

Population

In 1861, Hamilton had a population of 1,309: 684 male and 625 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Hamilton shared boundaries with:

• Cox
• New Richmond
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Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,309 total population, 684 males, Male members of the family who are present: 630, 625 females, Female members of the family who are present: 534, 479 single males, 400 single females, 206 married females, 192 married males, 154 adult males unable to read or write, 128 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 91, 66 males attending school, 57 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, 23 male births, 19 widowed females, 18 female births, 13 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 85 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 females aged 5 to 10, 80 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 males aged 5 to 10, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 20 to 30, 67 single females aged 10 to 15, 62 single females aged 15 to 20, 56 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 45 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,145 French Canadians, 110 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 31 persons originating in New Brunswick, 15 Indigenous persons, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 7 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 Indigenous females, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $252,786 value farms (dollars), 54,197 bushels of potatoes, $35,250 value all livestock, 18,217 acres of land in farms, 15,841 bushels of oats, 14,776 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,941 pounds of homemade butter, $12,649 value horses aged over 3 years, $8,543 value farm implements in dollars, 4,252 bushels of barley, 3,441 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,558 acres of farmland under crops, 2,402 pounds of wool produced on farms, $2,167 value garden and orchard crops, 2,030 bushels of spring wheat, 1,254 bushels of turnips, 1,200 pounds of maple sugar, 1,198 bushels of rye, 1,089 sheep, 1,069 swine, 1,016 pounds of flax or hemp, 849 acres of farmland in pasture, 728 tons of hay, 580 acres of oats, 479 bulls, oxen, or steers, 365 acres of potatoes, 356 barrels of pork, 320 milk cows, 246 acres of barley, 198 occupants of farms, 179 horses aged over 3 years, 163 acres of spring wheat, 159 calves and heifers, 109 barrels of beef, 108 bushels of peas, 96 acres of rye, 76 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 acres of farmland in gardens, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 8 acres of peas, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,922 yards of fulled cloth, 2,815 yards of linen, 2,507 yards of flannel, $2,105 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 148 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 6,660 barrels of salted fish sold, 87 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1,175 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC009004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC148004_1901 — 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). "Hamilton, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hamilton-qc009004-1861/.