Matane, Township, Quebec (1861 census)
Matane, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 549. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.745°N, 67.669°W.
Population
In 1861, Matane, Township had a population of 549.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 113 |
| 1861 | 549 |
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, Township shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 549 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 547 French Canadians, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $37,380 value farms (dollars), 16,502 bushels of potatoes, 11,412 acres of land in farms, 9,793 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,963 pounds of maple sugar, $5,145 value all livestock, $3,596 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,776 bushels of barley, 2,268 pounds of homemade butter, 1,815 bushels of spring wheat, 1,619 acres of farmland under cultivation, $1,095 value farm implements in dollars, 994 acres of farmland under crops, 935 bushels of peas, 633 pounds of wool produced on farms, 625 acres of farmland in pasture, 458 bushels of rye, 456 bushels of oats, $349 value garden and orchard crops, 318 sheep, 298 acres of barley, 230 acres of spring wheat, 163 swine, 160 bushels of turnips, 137 acres of peas, 126 tons of hay, 96 acres of potatoes, 95 barrels of pork, 89 occupants of farms, 71 milk cows, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 63 pounds of flax or hemp, 58 acres of rye, 50 acres of oats, 50 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 calves and heifers, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 bulls, oxen, or steers, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 barrels of beef, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 542 yards of fulled cloth, 516 yards of flannel, $394 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 73 yards of linen, 8 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 266 pounds of fresh fish sold, 125 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 11 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC045004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045004— 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, Township, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matane-township-qc045004-1861/.