Matane, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Matane, Parish (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Matane, Parish was a parish in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,761. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.830°N, 67.470°W.

Population

In 1861, Matane, Parish had a population of 1,761. Population density was 34.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,083
1861	1,761

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, Matane, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 119 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (2 variables)

Variable	Value
POP TOT	1,761
Total population	1,761

Ethnic origin (6 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,587
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	169
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	1
Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island	1
Number of persons originating in Scotland	2
Number of persons originating in the United States	1

Agriculture (60 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	462
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	45
Acres of farmland in gardens	11
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,940
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	17,794
Acres of farmland under crops	3,811
Acres of farmland under cultivation	7,762
Acres of land in farms	25,556
Acres of oats	308
Acres of peas	365
Acres of potatoes	188
Acres of rye	594
Acres of spring wheat	665
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	83
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	200
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	4,573
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	3,748
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,804
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	28,430
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	4,375
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	5,094
C20 WHT SP AC	665
C21 WHT SP BU	5,094
C22 BAR AC	462
C23 BAR BU	4,573
C24 RYE AC	594
C25 RYE BU	4,375
C26 PEA AC	365
C27 PEA BU	2,804
C28 OAT AC	308
C29 OAT BU	3,748
C34 POT AC	188
C35 POT BU	28,430
C43 HAY TONS	602
C47 WOOL LBS	2,564
C63 BEEF BAR	83
C64 PORK BAR	200
HRS ov03 V	13,147
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	265
Number of calves and heifers	274
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	51
Number of horses aged over 3 years	215
Number of milk cows	324
Number of occupants of farms	189
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	78
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	10
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	72
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	27
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	2
Number of sheep	1,257
Number of swine	435
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	617
Pounds of homemade butter	6,345
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	17,560
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	2,564
Tons of hay produced in the past year	602
Value of all livestock	28,910
Value of farm implements in dollars	4,174
Value of farms (dollars)	140,837
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	406

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	90
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	1,672
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,283
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	1,857
Yards of linen produced in the past year	194

Fisheries (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	154
Pounds of fresh fish sold in the past year	191,288
Quintals of dried fish sold in the past year	133

Other recorded variables (43 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	189
C02 OCC UNDR 10	2
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	10
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	72
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	78
C07 OCC OVR 200	27
C08 HELD	25,556
C09 UNDR CULT	7,762
C10 UNDR CROP	3,811
C11 UNDR PAST	3,940
C12 GARDENS	11
C13 WOOD WILD	17,794
C14 CASH FARM	140,837
C15 CASH IMP	4,174
C16 GARDN VALUE	406
C17 LAND HELD	45
C45 MPL SGR LBS	17,560
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	1,857
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,283
C50 FLX HEM LBS	617
C51 LIN YRDS	194
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	265
C53 MILK COWS	324
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	274
C55 HORSES	215
C56 HORSES VAL	13,147
C57 COLTS FILLIES	51
C58 SHEEP	1,257
C59 SWINE	435
C60 TOT VALUE	28,910
C61 BUTTER LB	6,345
C65 FISH QUIN	133
C66 FISH SALTED	154
C67 FISH FRESH	191,288
C68 CAR PLEASURE	90
C69 VALUE DOL P	1,672
CD NAME	Rimouski
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,587
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	169
New Brunswick	1
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island	1
Scotland	2
United States	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC045005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC045005 — 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). "Matane, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matane-parish-qc045005-1861/.