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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63243291

Hunterstown, Quebec (1861 census)

Hunterstown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 711. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.454°N, 73.121°W.

Population

In 1861, Hunterstown had a population of 711: 397 male and 314 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851388
1861711
18711,238
1881798
1891727
1901553
1911604
1921571

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, Hunterstown shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 711 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 397, 397 males, Female members of the family who are present: 314, 314 females, 256 single males, 176 single females, 134 married males, 121 married females, 67 adult males unable to read or write, 52 adult females unable to read or write, 38 females attending school, 31 males attending school, 17 widowed females, 15 male births, 13 female births, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 55 males aged 5 to 10, 50 females aged 5 to 10, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 single males aged 15 to 20, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 single females aged 10 to 15, 23 single females aged 15 to 20, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 females age 3 to 4, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 620 French Canadians, 60 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 22 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 Indigenous persons, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $187,717 value farms (dollars), $54,101 value farm implements in dollars, 41,423 acres of land in farms, 40,205 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $9,685 value all livestock, 9,150 pounds of maple sugar, 7,439 bushels of potatoes, $5,303 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,853 bushels of oats, 1,218 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,076 bushels of turnips, 686 acres of farmland under crops, 670 bushels of buckwheat, 532 acres of farmland in pasture, 326 pounds of flax or hemp, 270 bushels of peas, 245 tons of hay, 135 acres of oats, 126 pounds of wool produced on farms, 112 bushels of barley, 96 bushels of carrots, 94 swine, 84 acres of potatoes, 83 bushels of spring wheat, 79 horses aged over 3 years, 74 pounds of homemade butter, 70 sheep, 57 acres of buckwheat, 50 occupants of farms, 49 milk cows, 25 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 23 calves and heifers, 22 acres of peas, 19 bulls, oxen, or steers, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 acres of barley, 7 acres of spring wheat, 6 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $841 value carriages for hire (dollars), $571 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 493 yards of linen, 213 yards of fulled cloth, 128 yards of flannel, 35 carriages for pleasure, 8 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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). "Hunterstown, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hunterstown-qc031001-1861/.