Les Eboulements, Quebec (1861 census)

Les Eboulements was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,235. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3236497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.511°N, 70.332°W.

Population

In 1861, Les Eboulements had a population of 2,235: 1,138 male and 1,097 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, Les Eboulements shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• Settrington
• St. Irénée

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,235 total population, 1,138 males, 1,097 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,074, Female members of the family who are present: 999, 783 single males, 722 single females, 334 married females, 318 married males, 230 adult males unable to read or write, 165 males attending school, 164 adult females unable to read or write, 162 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, 47 male births, 46 female births, 41 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind females, 3 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 160 males aged 5 to 10, 158 females aged 5 to 10, 142 single males aged 10 to 15, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 15 to 20, 118 married females aged 20 to 30, 112 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married females aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,226 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 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 $276,354 value farms (dollars), $67,098 value all livestock, 42,306 acres of land in farms, 33,243 bushels of potatoes, 30,692 pounds of homemade butter, 24,019 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $22,768 value horses aged over 3 years, $20,497 value farm implements in dollars, 18,287 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,753 bushels of oats, 16,760 bushels of spring wheat, 9,931 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,434 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,254 acres of farmland under crops, 5,468 bushels of rye, 5,395 bushels of barley, 4,491 bushels of peas, 4,222 pounds of flax or hemp, $4,178 value garden and orchard crops, 3,213 sheep, 2,978 acres of spring wheat, 2,229 pounds of maple sugar, 1,694 tons of hay, 1,529 acres of oats, 1,444 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,076 bushels of buckwheat, 970 acres of rye, 720 calves and heifers, 703 milk cows, 610 barrels of pork, 591 swine, 556 acres of peas, 352 horses aged over 3 years, 333 acres of barley, 286 acres of potatoes, 255 occupants of farms, 223 barrels of beef, 111 horses aged 3 years and under, 104 bushels of turnips, 102 acres of farmland in gardens, 100 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 84 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 69 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 66 acres of buckwheat, 65 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,779 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,766 yards of flannel, 5,442 yards of fulled cloth, 5,414 yards of linen, 482 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 60 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 1 person 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: QC013004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3236497
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements

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). "Les Eboulements, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/les-eboulements-qc013004-1861/.