L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1861 census)

L’Ange Gardien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 932. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3201973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.942°N, 71.137°W.

Population

In 1861, L’Ange Gardien had a population of 932: 459 male and 473 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, L’Ange Gardien shared boundaries with:

• Beauport
• Château Richer
• Laval, VL

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 932 total population, 473 females, 459 males, Female members of the family who are present: 435, Male members of the family who are present: 417, 315 single females, 310 single males, 136 married males, 133 married females, 91 males attending school, 89 females attending school, 88 adult males unable to read or write, 54 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 42, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 25 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 11 male births, 10 female births, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 74 females aged 5 to 10, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 56 males aged 5 to 10, 56 single females aged 15 to 20, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 single males aged 15 to 20, 47 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males of unknown age, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 females of unknown age, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 923 French Canadians, 5 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $217,878 value farms (dollars), 45,672 pounds of maple sugar, $26,869 value all livestock, 20,526 bushels of oats, 19,685 pounds of homemade butter, 19,611 acres of land in farms, 15,435 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $9,868 value farm implements in dollars, $8,774 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,437 bushels of potatoes, 5,018 bushels of spring wheat, 4,176 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,217 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,118 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,030 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,985 acres of farmland under crops, $1,564 value garden and orchard crops, 1,516 bushels of turnips, 1,106 tons of hay, 942 acres of oats, 606 sheep, 446 bulls, oxen, or steers, 397 acres of spring wheat, 392 calves and heifers, 350 bushels of peas, 267 milk cows, 206 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 189 swine, 186 barrels of pork, 182 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 137 horses aged over 3 years, 84 barrels of beef, 76 occupants of farms, 73 acres of farmland in gardens, 65 bushels of barley, 63 acres of potatoes, 57 bushels of beans, 45 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 acres of peas, 18 bushels of carrots, 15 bushels of rye, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of rye, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,546 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,569 yards of linen, 1,211 yards of fulled cloth, 759 yards of flannel, 97 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC036001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC178003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3201973
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien,_Capitale-Nationale
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien_(La_C%C3%B4te-de-Beaupr%C3%A9)

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). "L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-ange-gardien-qc036001-1861/.