Low, Quebec (1861 census)
Low was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 822. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28230530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.831°N, 76.037°W.
Population
In 1861, Low had a population of 822: 1,651 male and 1,363 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 272 |
| 1861 | 822 |
| 1871 | 965 |
| 1881 | 1,230 |
| 1891 | 1,255 |
| 1901 | 1,300 |
| 1911 | 1,292 |
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, Low shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,651 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,389, 1,363 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,265, 1,176 single males, 907 single females, 822 total population, 461 married males, 428 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 262, 228 adult males unable to read or write, 166 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, 69 male births, 59 males attending school, 45 female births, 41 females attending school, 28 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4 blind males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 266 single males aged 20 to 30, 239 females aged 5 to 10, 211 males aged 5 to 10, 197 single females aged 10 to 15, 188 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 married females aged 20 to 30, 174 single males aged 15 to 20, 150 married males aged 30 to 40, 138 single females aged 15 to 20, 126 married males aged 20 to 30, 109 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 males aged 1 to 2, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 females aged 4 to 5, 62 males aged 3 to 4, 61 females aged 2 to 3, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 males aged 4 to 5, 48 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 females age 3 to 4, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 395 French Canadians, 306 persons originating in Ireland, 92 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 10 persons originating in Scotland, 10 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $59,529 value farms (dollars), 29,848 acres of land in farms, 26,831 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $17,600 value all livestock, 14,735 bushels of potatoes, 13,269 bushels of oats, 10,252 pounds of homemade butter, 7,905 bushels of turnips, $4,480 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,018 acres of farmland under cultivation, $2,747 value farm implements in dollars, 2,304 acres of farmland under crops, 1,559 bushels of peas, 1,458 bushels of spring wheat, 1,043 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,014 bushels of winter wheat, 795 tons of hay, 714 acres of farmland in pasture, 592 acres of oats, 406 sheep, 394 bushels of carrots, 331 calves and heifers, 250 swine, 209 milk cows, 149 bulls, oxen, or steers, 149 occupants of farms, 146 barrels of pork, 137 acres of potatoes, 130 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 113 acres of spring wheat, 102 acres of peas, 96 barrels of beef, 74 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 70 acres of winter wheat, 63 horses aged over 3 years, 53 acres of turnips, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 bushels of barley, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 bushels of beans, 8 bushels of corn, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 2 acres of barley, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,275 yards of flannel, $50 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 25 yards of fulled cloth, 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC205012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28230530
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). "Low, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/low-qc039026-1861/.