Rivière Ouelle, Quebec (1861 census)

Rivière Ouelle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,081. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3433574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.450°N, 69.990°W.

Population

In 1861, Rivière Ouelle had a population of 2,081: 1,011 male and 1,070 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 Rivière Ouelle, 1851 (25.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Rivière Ouelle, 1871 (91.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Rivière Ouelle shared boundaries with:

• St. Denis
• St. Pacôme
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,081 total population, 1,070 females, 1,011 males, Female members of the family who are present: 980, Male members of the family who are present: 940, 741 single females, 666 single males, 325 married males, 297 married females, 230 adult males unable to read or write, 200 females attending school, 171 adult females unable to read or write, 142 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, 34 female births, 32 widowed females, 31 male births, 20 widowed males, 6 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 148 females aged 5 to 10, 138 single females aged 10 to 15, 135 single females aged 15 to 20, 133 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single males aged 15 to 20, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 30 to 40, 94 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 single females aged 30 to 40, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,072 French Canadians, 6 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $444,526 value farms (dollars), 46,236 bushels of oats, 38,821 pounds of homemade butter, $34,374 value all livestock, 27,867 bushels of potatoes, $25,806 value horses aged over 3 years, 17,169 acres of land in farms, 11,196 acres of farmland under cultivation, $10,031 value farm implements in dollars, 9,923 bushels of spring wheat, 7,193 bushels of barley, 6,917 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,973 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,253 acres of farmland under crops, 4,177 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,080 pounds of maple sugar, 2,718 bushels of rye, 2,078 acres of oats, 2,043 sheep, $1,797 value garden and orchard crops, 1,638 bushels of peas, 1,558 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,425 tons of hay, 1,058 acres of spring wheat, 905 milk cows, 898 bulls, oxen, or steers, 674 swine, 663 calves and heifers, 660 bushels of turnips, 464 barrels of pork, 397 acres of barley, 394 horses aged over 3 years, 372 acres of rye, 225 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 221 acres of potatoes, 200 barrels of beef, 168 occupants of farms, 133 acres of peas, 70 horses aged 3 years and under, 66 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 acres of farmland in gardens, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 bushels of beans, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,007 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,417 yards of flannel, 3,311 yards of fulled cloth, 3,005 yards of linen, 443 carriages for pleasure, $125 value carriages for hire (dollars), 11 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 454 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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 10 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: QC026004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3433574
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-Ouelle
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-Ouelle

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). "Rivière Ouelle, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-ouelle-qc026004-1861/.