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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite, Quebec (1861 census)

Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.159°N, 69.876°W.

Population

In 1861, Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite had a population of 200: 357 male and 301 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 114 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 357 males, Male members of the family who are present: 321, 301 females, Female members of the family who are present: 288, 243 single males, 200 total population, 184 single females, 136 adult males unable to read or write, 111 married females, 111 married males, 97 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 36, 23 female births, 17 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, 6 widowed females, 3 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 females aged 5 to 10, 43 married females aged 20 to 30, 40 males aged 5 to 10, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 30 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 single females aged 15 to 20, 25 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 12 females age 3 to 4, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 196 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $18,160 value farms (dollars), 4,300 acres of land in farms, $4,092 value all livestock, 3,053 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,155 bushels of potatoes, $1,574 value farm implements in dollars, $1,533 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,294 bushels of spring wheat, 1,293 pounds of homemade butter, 1,247 acres of farmland under cultivation, 824 acres of farmland in pasture, 602 bushels of barley, 583 pounds of wool produced on farms, 436 bushels of peas, 423 acres of farmland under crops, 407 bushels of oats, 288 bushels of rye, 200 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 196 sheep, 174 acres of spring wheat, 81 pounds of flax or hemp, 76 acres of peas, 63 tons of hay, 58 bulls, oxen, or steers, 51 acres of barley, 49 swine, 46 acres of oats, 46 milk cows, 41 acres of rye, 35 acres of potatoes, 32 barrels of pork, 26 occupants of farms, 23 calves and heifers, 22 horses aged over 3 years, 19 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 barrels of beef, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 377 yards of fulled cloth, 202 yards of flannel, $145 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 13 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,562 pounds of fresh fish sold, 13 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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). "Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/saguenay-and-rivi-re-ste-marguerite-qc047001-1861/.