La Présentation, Quebec (1861 census)

La Présentation was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,901. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3212031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.667°N, 73.062°W.

Population

In 1861, La Présentation had a population of 1,901: 971 male and 930 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, La Présentation shared boundaries with:

• St. Barnabé
• St. Charles
• St. Damase
• St. Denis and Convent
• St. Hyacinthe, Parish
• St. Jean Baptiste
• St. Jude

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,901 total population, 971 males, 930 females, Male members of the family who are present: 924, Female members of the family who are present: 902, 656 single males, 619 single females, 296 married males, 284 married females, 200 adult males unable to read or write, 180 males attending school, 174 adult females unable to read or write, 169 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, 43 female births, 41 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 27 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 144 males aged 5 to 10, 137 females aged 5 to 10, 134 single males aged 10 to 15, 115 single females aged 10 to 15, 109 single males aged 15 to 20, 104 single females aged 15 to 20, 82 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married females aged 30 to 40, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 females of unknown age, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,892 French Canadians, 9 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $513,050 value farms (dollars), $71,793 value all livestock, 49,024 bushels of oats, $34,760 value horses aged over 3 years, $25,407 value farm implements in dollars, 25,083 acres of land in farms, 23,874 bushels of peas, 19,170 bushels of barley, 17,582 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,627 bushels of potatoes, 15,125 pounds of homemade butter, 12,310 acres of farmland under crops, 10,643 pounds of maple sugar, 8,832 bushels of spring wheat, 7,501 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,337 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,272 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,680 acres of oats, 2,418 acres of peas, 2,240 sheep, 1,956 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,172 bushels of buckwheat, 1,086 acres of barley, 1,000 acres of spring wheat, 904 milk cows, 832 calves and heifers, 713 swine, 705 tons of hay, 647 bushels of corn, 610 horses aged over 3 years, 578 barrels of pork, 337 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 334 occupants of farms, 256 horses aged 3 years and under, 230 bushels of rye, 178 barrels of beef, 167 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 130 acres of potatoes, 112 acres of buckwheat, 97 bulls, oxen, or steers, 85 bushels of carrots, 77 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 70 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 30 acres of corn, 26 acres of rye, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 bushels of winter wheat, 13 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4 acres of winter wheat, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,472 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,103 yards of flannel, 2,788 yards of linen, 2,468 yards of fulled cloth, 534 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: QC050001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091001_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3212031
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation

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). "La Présentation, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-pr-sentation-qc050001-1861/.