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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Ixworth, Quebec (1861 census)

Ixworth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 784. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.297°N, 69.922°W.

Population

In 1861, Ixworth had a population of 784: 395 male and 389 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ixworth shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 784 total population, 395 males, 389 females, Male members of the family who are present: 379, Female members of the family who are present: 372, 263 single males, 257 single females, 129 married females, 125 married males, 119 adult males unable to read or write, 105 adult females unable to read or write, 54 females attending school, 48 males attending school, 21 male births, 19 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 7 widowed males, 3 widowed females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 77 females aged 5 to 10, 70 males aged 5 to 10, 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 single males aged 20 to 30, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 783 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $41,278 value farms (dollars), $9,850 value all livestock, 7,624 pounds of maple sugar, 6,645 pounds of homemade butter, 6,194 bushels of potatoes, 5,821 acres of land in farms, $4,157 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,911 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,910 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,125 acres of farmland under crops, 1,499 bushels of oats, 1,154 bushels of rye, 910 bushels of spring wheat, 774 acres of farmland in pasture, 769 pounds of wool produced on farms, $471 value farm implements in dollars, 434 bushels of peas, 380 pounds of flax or hemp, 351 sheep, 343 bushels of barley, 196 milk cows, 184 tons of hay, 181 swine, 173 acres of oats, 172 acres of rye, 154 acres of spring wheat, 107 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 101 horses aged over 3 years, 88 bulls, oxen, or steers, 86 occupants of farms, 82 barrels of beef, 72 acres of potatoes, 67 acres of peas, 55 acres of barley, 49 barrels of pork, 43 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $34 value garden and orchard crops, 30 calves and heifers, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 bushels of buckwheat, 12 acres of farmland in gardens, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 661 yards of linen, $648 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 605 yards of flannel, 555 yards of fulled cloth, 80 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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). "Ixworth, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ixworth-qc026001-1861/.