Institutions, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Institutions (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Institutions was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.692°N, 73.435°W.

Population

In 1861, Institutions had a population of 403.

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 Varennes, 1851 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Institutions shared boundaries with:

Varennes

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 403 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 90 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 married females aged 50 to 60, 64 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 50 to 60, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 386 French Canadians, 13 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC058008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC058008 — 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). "Institutions, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/institutions-qc058008-1861/.