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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Kilkenny, Quebec (1861 census)

Kilkenny was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,520. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.949°N, 73.900°W.

Population

In 1861, Kilkenny had a population of 1,520: 782 male and 738 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, Kilkenny shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,520 total population, 782 males, 738 females, Male members of the family who are present: 701, Female members of the family who are present: 676, 516 single males, 487 single females, 253 married males, 236 married females, 173 adult males unable to read or write, 129 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 81, 64 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 62, 46 males attending school, 22 male births, 15 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 12 female births, 5 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 117 females aged 5 to 10, 116 males aged 5 to 10, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 single females aged 15 to 20, 72 married males aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,321 French Canadians, 129 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 62 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $149,177 value farms (dollars), 31,660 bushels of oats, 29,001 acres of land in farms, 28,368 pounds of homemade butter, $27,403 value all livestock, 20,801 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $13,701 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,215 bushels of potatoes, $9,831 value farm implements in dollars, 8,200 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,127 acres of farmland under crops, 3,959 bushels of buckwheat, 3,073 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,032 acres of oats, 1,873 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,498 pounds of wool produced on farms, 988 tons of hay, 944 bushels of peas, 803 bushels of barley, 666 bushels of turnips, 601 sheep, 456 milk cows, 377 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 351 bushels of spring wheat, 323 acres of buckwheat, 309 bushels of rye, 302 swine, 269 horses aged over 3 years, 250 occupants of farms, 223 acres of potatoes, 170 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 157 barrels of pork, 141 bulls, oxen, or steers, 115 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 bushels of winter wheat, 99 acres of peas, 69 bushels of carrots, 64 acres of barley, 59 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 54 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 acres of rye, 44 barrels of beef, 43 acres of spring wheat, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of corn, 16 calves and heifers, 15 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 acres of winter wheat, 11 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,550 yards of linen, $1,561 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,412 yards of flannel, 1,023 yards of fulled cloth, 92 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 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). "Kilkenny, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kilkenny-qc034003-1861/.