Jacques Cartier Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

Jacques Cartier Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 9,072. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.813°N, 71.224°W.

Population

In 1861, Jacques Cartier Ward had a population of 9,072: 4,532 male and 4,540 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Québec, C, 1851 (8.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Jacques Cartier Ward shared boundaries with:

• St. Johns’ Ward
• St. Peters’ Ward
• St. Roch
• St. Rochs’ Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 9,072 total population, 4,540 females, 4,532 males, Male members of the family who are present: 4,289, Female members of the family who are present: 4,090, 2,926 single males, 2,908 single females, 1,530 married males, 1,501 married females, 810 males attending school, 684 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 450, 414 adult males unable to read or write, 342 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 243, 180 male births, 170 female births, 131 widowed females, 76 widowed males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 538 single females aged 10 to 15, 496 married females aged 30 to 40, 496 married males aged 30 to 40, 496 single males aged 20 to 30, 492 single females aged 15 to 20, 487 single males aged 15 to 20, 481 single males aged 10 to 15, 480 females aged 5 to 10, 471 males aged 5 to 10, 427 single females aged 20 to 30, 403 married females aged 20 to 30, 400 married males aged 40 to 50, 318 married females aged 40 to 50, 246 married males aged 20 to 30, 209 married males aged 50 to 60, 167 males aged 3 to 4, 167 married females aged 50 to 60, 164 males aged 4 to 5, 160 males aged 2 to 3, 148 males aged 1 to 2, 146 females aged 1 to 2, 141 females aged 2 to 3, 129 single females aged 30 to 40, 126 females age 3 to 4, 121 married males aged 60 to 70, 119 females aged 4 to 5, 92 single males aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 60 to 70, 58 single females aged 40 to 50, 49 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 33 single females aged 50 to 60, 32 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 24 males of unknown age, 24 single males aged 40 to 50, 23 single females aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 15 to 20, 22 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 19 females of unknown age, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 7,479 French Canadians, 948 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 332 persons originating in Ireland, 126 persons originating in England or Wales, 58 persons originating in Scotland, 29 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 19 persons originating in the United States, 16 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 7 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 9 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 18 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 204 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 112, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 92, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 56, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 34, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC062002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062002 — 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). "Jacques Cartier Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/jacques-cartier-ward-qc062002-1861/.