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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Macpès, Quebec (1861 census)

Macpès was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 86. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.338°N, 68.439°W.

Population

In 1861, Macpès had a population of 86: 1,214 male and 1,182 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Macpès shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 120 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,214 males, 1,182 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,158, Female members of the family who are present: 1,135, 822 single males, 789 single females, 369 married males, 367 married females, 219 adult males unable to read or write, 201 adult females unable to read or write, 145 males attending school, 143 females attending school, 86 total population, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, 48 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 47, 44 male births, 26 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 194 males aged 5 to 10, 183 females aged 5 to 10, 159 single females aged 10 to 15, 152 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 single females aged 15 to 20, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 105 married females aged 20 to 30, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females age 3 to 4, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 females of unknown age, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 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 85 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,804 value farms (dollars), 2,200 pounds of maple sugar, 1,290 acres of land in farms, 904 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $875 value all livestock, 467 bushels of potatoes, $432 value horses aged over 3 years, 386 acres of farmland under cultivation, 285 bushels of barley, 283 acres of farmland under crops, 177 bushels of peas, 150 pounds of homemade butter, 148 bushels of rye, 125 bushels of spring wheat, 103 acres of farmland in pasture, $95 value farm implements in dollars, 52 pounds of wool produced on farms, 37 bushels of oats, 30 sheep, 23 acres of barley, 21 gallons of cider, 17 swine, 16 acres of peas, 16 bulls, oxen, or steers, 14 acres of rye, 13 barrels of beef, 13 occupants of farms, 12 acres of spring wheat, 11 milk cows, 10 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 calves and heifers, 7 tons of hay, 6 barrels of pork, 6 horses aged over 3 years, 4 acres of potatoes, 3 acres of oats, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 77 yards of flannel, 77 yards of fulled cloth, $17 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 6 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (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). "Macpès, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/macp-s-qc045003-1861/.