Repentigny, Quebec (1861 census)

Repentigny was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 773. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.756°N, 73.444°W.

Population

In 1861, Repentigny had a population of 773: 420 male and 353 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 Repentigny, 1851 (37.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Repentigny shared boundaries with:

• L’Assomption
• St. Sulpice

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 773 total population, 420 males, Male members of the family who are present: 375, 353 females, Female members of the family who are present: 328, 280 single males, 220 single females, 122 married males, 112 married females, 110 adult males unable to read or write, 68 males attending school, 62 adult females unable to read or write, 56 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 21 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 11 female births, 11 male births, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 67 males aged 5 to 10, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 38 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 5 to 10, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 27 single females aged 15 to 20, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 20 to 30, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 744 French Canadians, 22 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $206,470 value farms (dollars), 25,861 bushels of oats, $25,661 value all livestock, 18,862 bushels of potatoes, 13,385 pounds of homemade butter, $11,383 value horses aged over 3 years, $6,852 value farm implements in dollars, 6,708 bushels of barley, 6,223 acres of land in farms, 5,070 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,853 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3,725 bushels of peas, 3,239 acres of farmland under crops, 1,933 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,794 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,511 acres of oats, $1,410 value garden and orchard crops, 1,290 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,153 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 992 pounds of flax or hemp, 691 bushels of buckwheat, 636 bushels of spring wheat, 595 sheep, 576 tons of hay, 573 bushels of rye, 556 bushels of corn, 550 pounds of maple sugar, 520 bushels of carrots, 404 milk cows, 398 bulls, oxen, or steers, 382 acres of peas, 332 swine, 322 acres of barley, 317 calves and heifers, 238 horses aged over 3 years, 230 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 200 barrels of pork, 148 acres of potatoes, 106 horses aged 3 years and under, 89 barrels of beef, 80 occupants of farms, 69 acres of spring wheat, 60 bushels of turnips, 56 acres of rye, 39 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 acres of buckwheat, 37 acres of farmland in gardens, 30 acres of corn, 22 bushels of beans, 21 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,328 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 997 yards of flannel, 994 yards of linen, 556 yards of fulled cloth, 157 carriages for pleasure, $61 value carriages for hire (dollars), 16 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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. (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: QC001006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139427
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny_(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). "Repentigny, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/repentigny-qc001006-1861/.