Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)

Montmagny, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,650. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.

Population

In 1861, Montmagny, T-V had a population of 1,650: 753 male and 897 female residents.

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, Montmagny, T-V shared boundaries with:

• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,650 total population, 897 females, Female members of the family who are present: 757, 753 males, Male members of the family who are present: 715, 620 single females, 483 single males, 248 married males, 243 married females, 202 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 140, 139 males attending school, 106 adult males unable to read or write, 83 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, 34 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 20 female births, 19 male births, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 138 females aged 5 to 10, 109 married females aged 20 to 30, 91 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 males aged 5 to 10, 87 single females aged 10 to 15, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 single females aged 15 to 20, 78 single females aged 30 to 40, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 40 to 50, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 single females aged 50 to 60, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 single males aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 single females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100, 2 married females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,614 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the United States. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $77,000 value farms (dollars), $13,899 value all livestock, 4,725 pounds of homemade butter, 3,154 bushels of oats, $1,800 value farm implements in dollars, 1,330 bushels of potatoes, 1,040 bushels of turnips, 834 acres of land in farms, 678 bushels of spring wheat, 604 acres of farmland under cultivation, $450 value garden and orchard crops, 326 bushels of barley, 314 tons of hay, 308 acres of farmland under crops, 302 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 287 acres of farmland in pasture, 230 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 194 pounds of wool produced on farms, 187 swine, 153 milk cows, 141 acres of oats, 65 bushels of carrots, 65 sheep, 63 horses aged over 3 years, 59 barrels of pork, 51 acres of spring wheat, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 49 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 29 calves and heifers, 22 bushels of winter wheat, 11 bulls, oxen, or steers, 10 acres of potatoes, 10 barrels of beef, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 acres of farmland in gardens, 9 occupants of farms, 7 acres of barley, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 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 $5,528 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $436 value carriages for hire (dollars), 133 carriages for pleasure, 71 yards of flannel, 55 yards of linen, 47 yards of fulled cloth, 9 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 193 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3,470 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people 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: QC035007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074014_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141946
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-t-v-qc035007-1861/.