Plessis, Quebec (1861 census)
Plessis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 25. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.283°N, 71.488°W.
Population
In 1861, Plessis had a population of 25.
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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1871 (0.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Plessis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 25 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 22 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes 113 bushels of potatoes, 20 bushels of oats, 12 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12 acres of land in farms, 10 bushels of rye, 6 acres of farmland in pasture, 6 acres of farmland under crops, 5 milk cows, 3 acres of potatoes, 2 acres of oats, 1 acres of rye, 1 horses aged over 3 years, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC015014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC015014— 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). "Plessis, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/plessis-qc015014-1861/.