Pointe du Lac, Quebec (1861 census)

Pointe du Lac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,649. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3393527. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.316°N, 72.703°W.

Population

In 1861, Pointe du Lac had a population of 1,649: 864 male and 785 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Pointe du Lac shared boundaries with:

• Banlieue
• St. Etienne
• Three Rivers, Parish
• Yamachiche

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,649 total population, 864 males, Male members of the family who are present: 805, 785 females, Female members of the family who are present: 747, 592 single males, 513 single females, 250 married males, 247 married females, 224 adult males unable to read or write, 192 adult females unable to read or write, 128 males attending school, 102 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 45 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 36 female births, 25 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 126 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 single males aged 10 to 15, 96 single females aged 10 to 15, 86 females aged 5 to 10, 83 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 26 females age 3 to 4, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 females of unknown age, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,646 French Canadians, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $194,465 value farms (dollars), $50,412 value all livestock, 44,068 bushels of oats, 26,059 pounds of homemade butter, 24,368 pounds of maple sugar, 22,935 bushels of potatoes, $22,444 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,304 acres of land in farms, $9,475 value farm implements in dollars, 8,216 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,088 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,317 acres of farmland under crops, 4,792 bushels of rye, 4,218 bushels of buckwheat, 3,890 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,753 bushels of spring wheat, 3,125 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,736 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,098 acres of oats, 1,843 bushels of peas, 1,335 bushels of barley, 1,214 sheep, 1,105 tons of hay, 594 acres of rye, 564 bulls, oxen, or steers, 564 calves and heifers, 535 swine, 516 milk cows, $452 value garden and orchard crops, 418 barrels of pork, 366 bushels of corn, 332 acres of spring wheat, 330 acres of buckwheat, 295 horses aged over 3 years, 293 bushels of turnips, 211 occupants of farms, 210 acres of potatoes, 190 acres of peas, 90 barrels of beef, 87 acres of barley, 80 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 horses aged 3 years and under, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of farmland in gardens, 25 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 bushels of carrots, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,740 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,632 yards of linen, 2,206 yards of flannel, 1,752 yards of fulled cloth, 281 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 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: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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.)

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: QC052001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3393527
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-du-Lac
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-du-Lac

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). "Pointe du Lac, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-du-lac-qc052001-1861/.