Maskinongé, Quebec (1861 census)

Maskinongé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,325. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.208°N, 73.039°W.

Population

In 1861, Maskinongé had a population of 2,325: 1,278 male and 1,047 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Maskinongé, 1851 (56.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Maskinongé shared boundaries with:

• Rivière du Loup
• St. Barthélémy
• St. Justin
• Ste. Ursule

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,325 total population, 1,278 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,169, 1,047 females, Female members of the family who are present: 928, 915 single males, 687 single females, 344 married males, 342 married females, 280 adult females unable to read or write, 270 adult males unable to read or write, 193 males attending school, 153 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 119, Males present who are not members of the family: 109, 47 female births, 43 male births, 19 widowed males, 18 widowed females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 209 males aged 5 to 10, 173 single females aged 10 to 15, 148 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 138 females aged 5 to 10, 129 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 97 married males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 females age 3 to 4, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 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 2,310 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. 6 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $605,515 value farms (dollars), 114,173 bushels of oats, $59,789 value all livestock, 27,339 pounds of homemade butter, $26,347 value horses aged over 3 years, $19,243 value farm implements in dollars, 17,266 acres of land in farms, 14,107 pounds of maple sugar, 11,480 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,669 bushels of potatoes, 8,135 acres of farmland under crops, 6,662 bushels of spring wheat, 5,786 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,433 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,103 acres of oats, 3,862 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,625 bushels of buckwheat, 3,292 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,737 bushels of peas, 2,471 bushels of barley, 1,985 sheep, 1,874 tons of hay, $1,359 value garden and orchard crops, 902 swine, 809 calves and heifers, 798 milk cows, 742 bulls, oxen, or steers, 688 acres of spring wheat, 527 horses aged over 3 years, 510 bushels of rye, 472 barrels of pork, 277 acres of peas, 260 acres of buckwheat, 225 bushels of corn, 183 occupants of farms, 177 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 152 barrels of beef, 152 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 142 acres of barley, 140 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 124 bushels of turnips, 119 acres of potatoes, 119 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 acres of farmland in gardens, 41 acres of rye, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 acres of corn, 19 pounds of hops, 18 bushels of winter wheat, 15 bushels of carrots, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of winter wheat, 4 bushels of beans, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,996 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 9,047 yards of linen, 2,404 yards of fulled cloth, 2,293 yards of flannel, 461 carriages for pleasure, $79 value carriages for hire (dollars), 26 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 4 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 4 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: QC031002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC085003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Maskinongé, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/maskinong-qc031002-1861/.