Year: 1861 | Province: Quebec | County: Argenteuil

Montcalm, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Montcalm (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montcalm was a census subdivision in Argenteuil County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 10. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.972°N, 74.500°W.

Population

In 1861, Montcalm had a population of 10. Population density was 0.2 people per square mile.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (14.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe, 1871 (22.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Montcalm shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	5
Male members of the family who are present	5
Number of females	5
Number of males	5
Number of married females	3
Number of married males	2
Number of single females	2
Number of single males	3
POP FX N.1	5
POP MX N.1	5
POP TOT	10
POP XX N.1	10
Total population	10

Age structure (7 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of males aged 1 to 2	2
Number of males aged 5 to 10	1
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	2
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	1
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	1
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	1

Ethnic origin (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	7
Number of persons originating in Ireland	1
Number of persons originating in the United States	2

Agriculture (39 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of buckwheat	1
Acres of corn	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	10
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	281
Acres of farmland under crops	9
Acres of farmland under cultivation	19
Acres of land in farms	300
Acres of oats	4
Acres of potatoes	4
Acres of turnips	1
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	6
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	5
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	107
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	502
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	20
C28 OAT AC	4
C29 OAT BU	107
C30 BWT AC	1
C31 BWT BU	6
C34 POT AC	4
C35 POT BU	502
C43 HAY TONS	7
C47 WOOL LBS	9
HRS ov03 V	130
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	2
Number of milk cows	2
Number of occupants of farms	3
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	3
Number of sheep	4
Number of swine	3
Pounds of homemade butter	100
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	6
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	70
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	9
Tons of hay produced in the past year	7
Value of all livestock	190
Value of farm implements in dollars	13
Value of farms (dollars)	600

Manufacturing & industry (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	4

Deaths & mortality (4 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	2

Other recorded variables (51 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	3
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	3
C08 HELD	300
C09 UNDR CULT	19
C1 Males	5
C10 UNDR CROP	9
C11 UNDR PAST	10
C12 Under 2 Years M	2
C120 Married M	2
C121 Single M	3
C123 Total M	5
C124 Married F	3
C125 Single F	2
C127 Total F	5
C128 Grand Total	10
C13 WOOD WILD	281
C130 Deaths F	2
C131 Deaths Total	2
C14 CASH FARM	600
C15 CASH IMP	13
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C2 Females	5
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	1
C3 Total	10
C32 INDN CRN AC	1
C33 INDN CRN BU	5
C36 TUR AC	1
C37 TUR BU	20
C4 Members of Family M	5
C44 HOP LBS	6
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	1
C45 MPL SGR LBS	70
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	2
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	4
C5 Members of Family F	5
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	1
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	2
C53 MILK COWS	2
C55 HORSES	2
C56 HORSES VAL	130
C58 SHEEP	4
C59 SWINE	3
C60 TOT VALUE	190
C61 BUTTER LB	100
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	1
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	1
CD NAME	Argenteuil
Ireland	1
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	7
United States	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC002008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC002008 — 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). "Montcalm, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montcalm-qc002008-1861/.