Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Quebec (1861 census)

Notre-Dame de la Victoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,694. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.775°N, 71.171°W.

Population

In 1861, Notre-Dame de la Victoire had a population of 6,694: 3,454 male and 3,240 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).

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 contained Lévis, Notre Dame Ward—Quartier, 1871 (3.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lévis, Lauzon Ward—Quartier, 1871 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Bienville, Village, 1871 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lévis, St. Laurent Ward—Quartier, 1871 (4.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Notre-Dame de la Victoire, 1871 (88.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Notre-Dame de la Victoire shared boundaries with:

• St. Henri
• St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,694 total population, 3,454 males, 3,240 females, Male members of the family who are present: 3,157, Female members of the family who are present: 2,905, 2,406 single males, 2,160 single females, 981 married males, 948 married females, 422 adult males unable to read or write, 355 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 335, 299 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 297, 236 adult females unable to read or write, 132 widowed females, 108 female births, 106 male births, 67 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 477 males aged 5 to 10, 435 single males aged 10 to 15, 400 females aged 5 to 10, 378 single females aged 15 to 20, 366 single females aged 10 to 15, 363 single males aged 20 to 30, 356 single males aged 15 to 20, 327 single females aged 20 to 30, 324 married males aged 30 to 40, 298 married females aged 30 to 40, 272 married females aged 20 to 30, 244 married males aged 40 to 50, 198 married females aged 40 to 50, 174 married males aged 20 to 30, 135 males aged 2 to 3, 130 married males aged 50 to 60, 121 males aged 1 to 2, 116 females aged 1 to 2, 115 single males aged 30 to 40, 114 females aged 4 to 5, 113 males aged 4 to 5, 101 females aged 2 to 3, 101 males aged 3 to 4, 100 females age 3 to 4, 92 married females aged 50 to 60, 76 single females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 single males aged 40 to 50, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 42 single females aged 40 to 50, 34 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 31 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 70 to 80, 26 single males aged 50 to 60, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 23 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 21 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 12 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 females of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 5,883 French Canadians, 535 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 145 persons originating in Ireland, 79 persons originating in England or Wales, 32 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $682,125 value farms (dollars), $69,946 value all livestock, 51,975 pounds of homemade butter, $43,718 value horses aged over 3 years, 35,681 bushels of oats, $20,790 value farm implements in dollars, 20,669 bushels of potatoes, 13,525 acres of land in farms, 9,190 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,679 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,498 acres of farmland under crops, 4,335 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,257 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,161 acres of oats, 1,641 tons of hay, 1,440 pounds of maple sugar, 1,322 bushels of turnips, 1,174 bushels of peas, 1,077 pounds of flax or hemp, $1,000 value garden and orchard crops, 740 sheep, 686 milk cows, 613 swine, 587 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 553 bushels of spring wheat, 524 barrels of pork, 405 horses aged over 3 years, 317 bushels of barley, 260 calves and heifers, 208 acres of potatoes, 197 acres of peas, 185 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 149 bulls, oxen, or steers, 147 occupants of farms, 98 bushels of buckwheat, 87 acres of spring wheat, 63 bushels of carrots, 52 bushels of rye, 49 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 48 barrels of beef, 39 bushels of corn, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 acres of barley, 19 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 acres of farmland in gardens, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of buckwheat, 9 acres of turnips, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $59,179 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $2,622 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1,732 yards of fulled cloth, 1,032 yards of linen, 955 yards of flannel, 910 carriages for pleasure, 40 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 44, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 34, 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC029001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169001_1911 — 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). "Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-de-la-victoire-qc029001-1861/.