New Richmond, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: New Richmond (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

New Richmond was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,510. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.213°N, 65.802°W.

Population

In 1861, New Richmond had a population of 1,510: 760 male and 750 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,274
1861	1,510
1871	1,789
1881	1,893

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, New Richmond shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 322 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (25 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	688
Females present who are not members of the family	62
Male members of the family who are present	697
Males present who are not members of the family	63
Number of adult females unable to read or write	95
Number of adult males unable to read or write	100
Number of blind males	1
Number of female births in the past year	15
Number of females	750
Number of females attending school	58
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of male births in the past year	20
Number of males	760
Number of males attending school	56
Number of married females	205
Number of married males	206
Number of single females	524
Number of single males	538
Number of widowed females	21
Number of widowed males	16
POP FX N.1	750
POP MX N.1	760
POP TOT	1,510
POP XX N.1	1,510
Total population	1,510

Age structure (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	35
Number of females aged 1 to 2	16
Number of females aged 2 to 3	30
Number of females aged 4 to 5	30
Number of females aged 5 to 10	103
Number of males aged 1 to 2	15
Number of males aged 2 to 3	29
Number of males aged 3 to 4	32
Number of males aged 4 to 5	35
Number of males aged 5 to 10	115
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	60
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	54
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	42
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	25
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	20
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	4
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	25
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	58
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	50
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	32
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	35
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	5
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	99
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	86
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	79
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	16
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	10
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	85
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	85
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	95
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	17
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	6
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	2
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	8
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100	1
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	3
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	2
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	2

Ethnic origin (9 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	597
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	702
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	8
Number of persons originating in Ireland	26
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	19
Number of persons originating in Newfoundland	1
Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island	20
Number of persons originating in Scotland	135
Number of persons originating in the United States	2

Agriculture (66 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	256
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	337
Acres of farmland in gardens	18
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,632
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	15,031
Acres of farmland under crops	3,120
Acres of farmland under cultivation	5,770
Acres of land in farms	20,801
Acres of oats	801
Acres of peas	23
Acres of potatoes	449
Acres of rye	72
Acres of spring wheat	132
Acres of turnips	27
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	217
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	369
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	3,024
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	11
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	37
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	20,118
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	225
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	51,099
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	699
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,244
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	981
C20 WHT SP AC	132
C21 WHT SP BU	1,244
C22 BAR AC	256
C23 BAR BU	3,024
C24 RYE AC	72
C25 RYE BU	699
C26 PEA AC	23
C27 PEA BU	225
C28 OAT AC	801
C29 OAT BU	20,118
C34 POT AC	449
C35 POT BU	51,099
C43 HAY TONS	1,321
C47 WOOL LBS	3,363
C63 BEEF BAR	217
C64 PORK BAR	369
HRS ov03 V	14,783
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	237
Number of calves and heifers	72
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	72
Number of horses aged over 3 years	205
Number of milk cows	468
Number of occupants of farms	215
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	42
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	55
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	105
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	1
Number of sheep	1,357
Number of swine	538
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	1,395
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	259
Pounds of homemade butter	26,845
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	36
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	3,363
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,321
Value of all livestock	27,820
Value of farm implements in dollars	7,059
Value of farms (dollars)	105,147
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	1,088

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	163
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	2,934
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	1,587
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	5,919
Yards of linen produced in the past year	168

Fisheries (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	4,193

Deaths & mortality (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	10
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	2
Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	10
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	20

Other recorded variables (145 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	215
C02 OCC UNDR 10	1
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	4
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	55
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	105
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	42
C07 OCC OVR 200	8
C08 HELD	20,801
C09 UNDR CULT	5,770
C1 Males	760
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	2
C10 UNDR CROP	3,120
C105 Between 90 and 100 years Widows F	1
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	2
C11 UNDR PAST	2,632
C12 GARDENS	18
C12 Under 2 Years M	15
C120 Married M	206
C121 Single M	538
C122 Widowed M	16
C123 Total M	760
C124 Married F	205
C125 Single F	524
C126 Widows F	21
C127 Total F	750
C128 Grand Total	1,510
C129 Deaths M	10
C13 Under 2 Years F	16
C13 WOOD WILD	15,031
C130 Deaths F	10
C131 Deaths Total	20
C136 Attending School M	56
C137 Attending School F	58
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	100
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	95
C14 CASH FARM	105,147
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	1
C142 Blind M	1
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	7,059
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	1,088
C16 Under 3 years M	29
C17 LAND HELD	337
C17 Under 3 years F	30
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	750
C20 Under 4 years M	32
C21 Under 4 years F	35
C22 Deaths under 4 years M	1
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C24 Under 5 years M	35
C25 Under 5 years F	30
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	115
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	103
C3 Total	1,510
C30 Deaths between 5 and 10 years M	1
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	2
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	85
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	99
C36 TUR AC	27
C37 TUR BU	981
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	85
C4 Members of Family M	697
C41 BEN BU	11
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	86
C42 CLV TIM GRA	37
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	25
C44 HOP LBS	36
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	95
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	3
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	60
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	79
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	5,919
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	1
C49 FLAN YRDS	1,587
C5 Members of Family F	688
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	259
C51 LIN YRDS	168
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	58
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	237
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	17
C53 MILK COWS	468
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	72
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	54
C55 HORSES	205
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	16
C56 HORSES VAL	14,783
C57 COLTS FILLIES	72
C58 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths M	1
C58 SHEEP	1,357
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	538
C6 Not Members of Family M	63
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	50
C60 TOT VALUE	27,820
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	6
C61 BUTTER LB	26,845
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	1
C62 CHEESE LB	1,395
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	42
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	10
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	2
C66 FISH SALTED	4,193
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	32
C68 CAR PLEASURE	163
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	3
C69 VALUE DOL P	2,934
C7 Not Members of Family F	62
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	2
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	25
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	2
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	1
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	2
C75 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths F	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	35
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	1
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	6
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	20
C8 Births in 1860 M	20
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	2
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	6
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	5
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	2
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	4
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	8
C9 Births in 1860 F	15
C90 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths M	1
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	2
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	2
CD NAME	Bonaventure
England and Wales	8
Ireland	26
Natives of Canada French Origin	597
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	702
New Brunswick	19
Newfoundland	1
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island	20
Scotland	135
United States	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC009009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC038007 — 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). "New Richmond, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-richmond-qc009009-1861/.