Pierreville, VL, Quebec (1861 census)

Pierreville, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,745. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3387912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.077°N, 72.772°W.

Population

In 1861, Pierreville, VL had a population of 2,745: 1,384 male and 1,361 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. François, 1851 (49.2% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Indians in St. François, 1851 (4.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Pierreville, VL shared boundaries with:

• La Baie
• St. Zéphirin

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,745 total population, 1,384 males, 1,361 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,328, Female members of the family who are present: 1,295, 914 single males, 864 single females, 433 married males, 423 married females, 384 adult males unable to read or write, 296 adult females unable to read or write, 226 males attending school, 202 females attending school, 74 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 66, 66 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, 52 male births, 37 widowed males, 5 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 192 females aged 5 to 10, 177 males aged 5 to 10, 158 single males aged 15 to 20, 146 single males aged 10 to 15, 144 single males aged 20 to 30, 141 single females aged 15 to 20, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 134 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 101 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 74 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 married males aged 60 to 70, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 47 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females age 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 males of unknown age, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 females of unknown age, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,586 French Canadians, 260 Indigenous persons, 156 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 132 Indigenous males, 128 Indigenous females, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $361,851 value farms (dollars), 70,456 bushels of oats, $64,833 value all livestock, 37,199 bushels of potatoes, 31,508 pounds of maple sugar, $28,687 value horses aged over 3 years, 25,131 acres of land in farms, 22,248 pounds of homemade butter, 13,100 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $12,627 value farm implements in dollars, 12,031 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,608 bushels of spring wheat, 8,420 acres of farmland under crops, 7,667 bushels of buckwheat, 5,387 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,290 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,904 acres of oats, 3,673 bushels of rye, 3,558 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,532 bushels of peas, $2,738 value garden and orchard crops, 2,452 tons of hay, 2,308 sheep, 1,829 bushels of barley, 1,638 bushels of corn, 932 swine, 916 calves and heifers, 907 milk cows, 843 acres of spring wheat, 734 barrels of pork, 505 acres of buckwheat, 505 horses aged over 3 years, 408 acres of peas, 335 occupants of farms, 333 acres of rye, 285 acres of potatoes, 222 bushels of turnips, 199 barrels of beef, 162 bulls, oxen, or steers, 153 bushels of beans, 144 horses aged 3 years and under, 126 acres of barley, 101 acres of corn, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 bushels of carrots, 57 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 53 acres of farmland in gardens, 52 pounds of hops, 27 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,088 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,820 yards of linen, 4,818 yards of flannel, 3,270 yards of fulled cloth, 587 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 males aged 15 to 20: 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: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: QC060002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC100017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3387912
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierreville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierreville_(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). "Pierreville, VL, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pierreville-vl-qc060002-1861/.