Jersey, Quebec (1861 census)
Jersey was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 164. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.987°N, 70.577°W.
Population
In 1861, Jersey had a population of 164: 80 male and 84 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 Linière, VL, 1871 (24.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Jersey shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 106 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 164 total population, 84 females, 80 males, Female members of the family who are present: 78, Male members of the family who are present: 77, 58 single females, 56 single males, 24 married females, 23 married males, 11 adult females unable to read or write, 8 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, 6 males attending school, 4 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 3, 3 male births, 2 adult males unable to read or write, 2 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 16 females aged 5 to 10, 13 single males aged 10 to 15, 10 males aged 5 to 10, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 10 to 15, 7 single females aged 15 to 20, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 30 to 40, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 married females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 15 to 20, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 20 to 30, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 75 French Canadians, 71 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 17 persons originating in Ireland, 3 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $8,030 value farms (dollars), 6,810 pounds of maple sugar, 3,760 acres of land in farms, 3,066 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $2,613 value all livestock, 2,010 bushels of oats, 1,610 pounds of homemade butter, 1,357 bushels of potatoes, $1,247 value horses aged over 3 years, 694 acres of farmland under cultivation, 478 acres of farmland under crops, $431 value farm implements in dollars, 401 milk cows, 248 bushels of barley, 237 pounds of wool produced on farms, 216 acres of farmland in pasture, 125 tons of hay, 116 sheep, 113 bushels of peas, 110 pounds of flax or hemp, 87 acres of oats, 40 calves and heifers, 37 acres of potatoes, 31 bushels of spring wheat, 27 occupants of farms, 25 swine, 23 acres of barley, 22 barrels of pork, 19 horses aged over 3 years, 15 acres of peas, 14 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 bushels of turnips, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 bushels of rye, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of spring wheat, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 163 yards of flannel, 65 yards of fulled cloth, 24 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC005006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC005006— 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). "Jersey, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/jersey-qc005006-1861/.