Metabetchouan, Quebec (1861 census)

Metabetchouan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 154. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.390°N, 72.000°W.

Population

In 1861, Metabetchouan had a population of 154.

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Roberval, Village, 1871 (16.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Metabetchouan shared boundaries with:

• Caron
• Charlevoix
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 154 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 113 French Canadians, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 36 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $3,820 value farms (dollars), $1,055 value all livestock, 980 bushels of potatoes, 439 bushels of oats, 418 acres of land in farms, $398 value farm implements in dollars, 230 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 188 acres of farmland under cultivation, 133 acres of farmland in pasture, $113 value horses aged over 3 years, 79 bushels of barley, 70 bushels of spring wheat, 53 acres of farmland under crops, 45 bushels of peas, 29 acres of oats, 15 bushels of rye, 15 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9 acres of potatoes, 8 horses aged over 3 years, 8 occupants of farms, 7 acres of spring wheat, 7 swine, 6 sheep, 5 acres of peas, 4 milk cows, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 tons of hay, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC015013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC015013 — 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). "Metabetchouan, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/metabetchouan-qc015013-1861/.