Kamouraska, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Kamouraska, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 842. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1103923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.567°N, 69.865°W.

Population

In 1861, Kamouraska, Village had a population of 842: 367 male and 475 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 St. Louis, 1851 (2.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Kamouraska, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Louis

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 91 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 842 total population, 475 females, Female members of the family who are present: 433, 367 males, 364 single females, Male members of the family who are present: 334, 257 single males, 187 females attending school, 101 married males, 91 adult females unable to read or write, 91 married females, 73 males attending school, 70 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 42, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, 20 widowed females, 13 male births, 9 widowed males, 7 female births, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 94 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 females aged 5 to 10, 56 males aged 5 to 10, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 single males aged 10 to 15, 37 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 15 married males aged 20 to 30, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 married females aged 20 to 30, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 832 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $3,570 value all livestock, 73 swine, 46 milk cows, 34 horses aged over 3 years, 20 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,315 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 65 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC026002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC164017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1103923

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). "Kamouraska, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kamouraska-village-qc026002-1861/.