Matapédia, Quebec (1861 census)

Matapédia was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 310. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3298232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.977°N, 67.116°W.

Population

In 1861, Matapédia had a population of 310.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Matapédia shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 310 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 158 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 81 persons originating in New Brunswick, 33 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 French Canadians. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $9,454 value all livestock, 9,405 bushels of potatoes, $7,900 value farms (dollars), 7,096 pounds of homemade butter, 6,200 acres of land in farms, 4,870 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,260 bushels of oats, $4,200 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,363 bushels of turnips, $1,951 value farm implements in dollars, 1,330 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,049 acres of farmland in pasture, 931 pounds of wool produced on farms, 517 bushels of barley, 379 tons of hay, 302 sheep, 291 bushels of buckwheat, 281 acres of farmland under crops, 234 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 185 bushels of spring wheat, 131 acres of oats, 100 pounds of maple sugar, 98 milk cows, 89 calves and heifers, 84 barrels of pork, 76 swine, 73 barrels of beef, 71 bushels of peas, 61 acres of potatoes, 42 horses aged over 3 years, 32 occupants of farms, 28 acres of barley, 19 bulls, oxen, or steers, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 acres of turnips, 13 acres of buckwheat, 12 acres of spring wheat, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 acres of peas, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 960 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC009008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC148008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3298232

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). "Matapédia, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matap-dia-qc009008-1861/.