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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q340

Montréal, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

Montréal, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,385. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.493°N, 73.605°W.

Population

In 1861, Montréal, Parish had a population of 6,385: 3,292 male and 3,093 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Montréal, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,385 total population, 3,292 males, 3,093 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,910, Female members of the family who are present: 2,712, 2,106 single males, 2,005 single females, 1,112 married males, 992 married females, 613 females attending school, 577 males attending school, 447 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 382, Females present who are not members of the family: 381, 350 adult females unable to read or write, 142 male births, 102 female births, 96 widowed females, 74 widowed males, 7 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 3 blind females, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 390 single females aged 10 to 15, 388 males aged 5 to 10, 371 females aged 5 to 10, 340 single females aged 15 to 20, 335 married females aged 30 to 40, 326 married females aged 20 to 30, 324 married males aged 20 to 30, 324 single males aged 10 to 15, 302 single males aged 15 to 20, 288 single males aged 30 to 40, 267 married males aged 40 to 50, 258 married males aged 30 to 40, 224 single females aged 30 to 40, 136 males aged 1 to 2, 127 married females aged 40 to 50, 125 males aged 2 to 3, 123 males aged 3 to 4, 119 females aged 4 to 5, 116 married males aged 50 to 60, 114 married females aged 50 to 60, 110 females aged 1 to 2, 110 males aged 4 to 5, 104 females aged 2 to 3, 98 married males aged 60 to 70, 78 females age 3 to 4, 61 single males aged 20 to 30, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 married females aged 60 to 70, 42 single females aged 40 to 50, 32 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 32 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 70 to 80, 30 single males aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 15 to 20, 26 single females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 50 to 60, 22 single males aged 50 to 60, 21 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 20 single males aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 14 single males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 80 to 90, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 15 to 20, 9 females of unknown age, 9 males of unknown age, 9 married males aged 90 to 100, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 12 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,977 French Canadians, 1,212 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 659 persons originating in Ireland, 185 persons originating in Scotland, 180 persons originating in England or Wales, 125 persons originating in the United States, 17 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons originating in the West Indies, 6 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,904,866 value farms (dollars), 169,784 bushels of potatoes, $163,710 value all livestock, 72,178 pounds of homemade butter, 49,323 bushels of oats, $48,359 value farm implements in dollars, 32,095 bushels of barley, $29,675 value garden and orchard crops, 20,160 acres of land in farms, 16,366 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,256 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 13,647 bushels of carrots, 11,065 acres of farmland under crops, 9,600 bushels of peas, 5,549 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4,436 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,869 bushels of spring wheat, 3,794 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,106 bushels of turnips, 2,032 milk cows, 2,023 acres of oats, 1,647 tons of hay, 1,388 acres of barley, 1,314 horses aged over 3 years, 1,295 acres of potatoes, 1,240 pounds of maple sugar, 1,161 bushels of buckwheat, 1,080 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,057 swine, 995 bushels of corn, 865 acres of farmland in gardens, 857 bulls, oxen, or steers, 850 bushels of beans, 638 acres of peas, 442 calves and heifers, 423 barrels of pork, 412 sheep, 380 pounds of wool produced on farms, 298 occupants of farms, 263 horses aged 3 years and under, 190 pounds of flax or hemp, 154 barrels of beef, 143 acres of spring wheat, 76 acres of buckwheat, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 acres of mangel wurtzel, 47 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 acres of corn, 34 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 26 pounds of hops, 17 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of rye, 4 acres of rye, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $36,545 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,940 value carriages for hire (dollars), 885 carriages for pleasure, 248 carriages for hire, 187 yards of linen, 137 yards of flannel, 40 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 59 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Montréal, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-parish-qc020002-1861/.