Harrington, Quebec (1861 census)

Harrington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 310. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243254. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.853°N, 74.623°W.

Population

In 1861, Harrington had a population of 310: 184 male and 126 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 became part of Harrington, Arundel, De Salaberry, Grandison, 1871 (40.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Harrington shared boundaries with:

• Arundel
• Grenville
• Montcalm
• NO DATA
• Petite Nation
• Wentworth

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 104 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 310 total population, 184 males, Male members of the family who are present: 176, 132 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 126, 126 females, 82 single females, 51 married males, 41 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 8, 5 adult males unable to read or write, 3 adult females unable to read or write, 3 male births, 3 widowed females, 1 blind males, 1 females attending school, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 29 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 27 males aged 5 to 10, 24 single females aged 10 to 15, 23 females aged 5 to 10, 15 married males aged 30 to 40, 15 single males aged 20 to 30, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 10 married females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 20 to 30, 9 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 15 to 20, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 193 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 86 persons originating in Scotland, 15 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $15,192 value farms (dollars), 7,825 bushels of oats, $6,610 value all livestock, 5,500 acres of land in farms, 5,120 bushels of potatoes, 4,756 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,473 pounds of homemade butter, $3,363 value horses aged over 3 years, 875 bushels of buckwheat, 846 pounds of maple sugar, 744 acres of farmland under cultivation, $569 value farm implements in dollars, 528 acres of farmland under crops, 393 pounds of wool produced on farms, 306 acres of oats, 216 acres of farmland in pasture, 176 sheep, 163 swine, 135 milk cows, 96 horses aged over 3 years, 91 calves and heifers, 70 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 54 occupants of farms, 53 bushels of barley, 53 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 tons of hay, 48 acres of potatoes, 43 acres of buckwheat, 40 bushels of corn, 20 barrels of pork, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 18 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 bushels of peas, 11 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 barrels of beef, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of peas, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of spring wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 155 yards of fulled cloth, 82 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC002006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC002006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243254

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). "Harrington, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/harrington-qc002006-1861/.