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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3431913

Rigaud, Quebec (1861 census)

Rigaud was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,871. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3431913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.470°N, 74.335°W.

Population

In 1861, Rigaud had a population of 3,871: 1,983 male and 1,888 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,260
18613,871
18713,384

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, Rigaud shared boundaries with:

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 3,871 total population, 1,983 males, 1,888 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,792, Female members of the family who are present: 1,700, 1,400 single males, 1,318 single females, 546 married males, 518 married females, 375 adult males unable to read or write, 295 males attending school, 275 females attending school, 227 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 191, Females present who are not members of the family: 188, 71 male births, 63 female births, 52 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 3 blind males, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 261 single males aged 20 to 30, 231 single females aged 20 to 30, 228 single males aged 15 to 20, 223 single females aged 15 to 20, 219 females aged 5 to 10, 218 males aged 5 to 10, 217 single females aged 10 to 15, 212 single males aged 10 to 15, 145 married males aged 30 to 40, 118 married males aged 40 to 50, 109 married females aged 40 to 50, 108 married females aged 20 to 30, 105 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married males aged 50 to 60, 96 married females aged 50 to 60, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 68 single males aged 30 to 40, 64 married males aged 60 to 70, 62 married females aged 60 to 70, 58 males aged 4 to 5, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 54 single females aged 30 to 40, 52 females age 3 to 4, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 49 single males aged 40 to 50, 46 single females aged 40 to 50, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 35 married males aged 70 to 80, 34 single males aged 50 to 60, 30 single females aged 50 to 60, 28 married females aged 70 to 80, 19 single males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 females of unknown age, 10 married males aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 males of unknown age, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,396 French Canadians, 363 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 78 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $815,360 value farms (dollars), $128,651 value all livestock, 116,210 pounds of homemade butter, 90,400 bushels of oats, $50,175 value horses aged over 3 years, $46,395 value farm implements in dollars, 37,818 acres of land in farms, 27,005 bushels of peas, 25,645 bushels of potatoes, 23,074 acres of farmland under cultivation, 22,407 bushels of spring wheat, 14,741 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,303 acres of farmland under crops, 12,380 pounds of maple sugar, 9,505 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,945 bushels of barley, 7,749 pounds of wool produced on farms, $6,631 value garden and orchard crops, 5,651 bushels of buckwheat, 4,363 acres of oats, 2,691 sheep, 2,485 bushels of corn, 2,238 acres of spring wheat, 1,981 acres of peas, 1,894 tons of hay, 1,752 bushels of rye, 1,458 swine, 1,397 milk cows, 1,262 barrels of pork, 1,228 calves and heifers, 900 pounds of flax or hemp, 850 horses aged over 3 years, 509 acres of barley, 450 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 436 barrels of beef, 420 bushels of carrots, 369 horses aged 3 years and under, 347 acres of buckwheat, 337 occupants of farms, 266 acres of farmland in gardens, 241 acres of potatoes, 226 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 210 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 210 bushels of turnips, 174 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 156 acres of rye, 114 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 94 acres of corn, 37 bushels of beans, 28 bulls, oxen, or steers, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 pounds of hops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $22,541 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,575 yards of flannel, 4,748 yards of fulled cloth, 744 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 61 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Rigaud, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rigaud-qc057004-1861/.