Religious Institutions, Quebec (1861 census)

Religious Institutions was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,318. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.508°N, 73.572°W.

Population

In 1861, Religious Institutions had a population of 3,318: 1,329 male and 1,989 female residents.

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 Montréal, cité, 1851 (1.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Religious Institutions shared boundaries with:

• Centre Ward
• St. Antoine Ward
• St. James’ Ward
• St. Jean Baptiste, Village
• St. Lawrence Ward
• St. Lewis’ Ward
• St. Mary’s Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,318 total population, 1,989 females, 1,823 single females, 1,329 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,310, 1,202 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 966, Females present who are not members of the family: 679, Males present who are not members of the family: 363, 357 females attending school, 258 males attending school, 134 adult females unable to read or write, 125 adult males unable to read or write, 96 widowed females, 78 married males, 70 married females, 49 widowed males, 41 female births, 32 male births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 505 single females aged 20 to 30, 274 single females aged 15 to 20, 267 single males aged 20 to 30, 266 single females aged 10 to 15, 266 single females aged 30 to 40, 247 single males aged 15 to 20, 203 single males aged 10 to 15, 129 males aged 5 to 10, 121 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 40 to 50, 103 single males aged 30 to 40, 78 single females aged 50 to 60, 72 single males aged 40 to 50, 54 single females aged 60 to 70, 42 single males aged 50 to 60, 36 single females aged 70 to 80, 34 single males aged 60 to 70, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 24 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females over 100, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,844 French Canadians, 659 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 453 persons originating in Ireland, 134 persons originating in the United States, 89 persons originating in England or Wales, 58 persons originating in France, 42 persons originating in Scotland, 19 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 661 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 350, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 311, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 240, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 224, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 21, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061010 — 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). "Religious Institutions, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/religious-institutions-qc061010-1861/.