Sault au Récollet, Quebec (1861 census)

Sault au Récollet was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,601. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.577°N, 73.625°W.

Population

In 1861, Sault au Récollet had a population of 2,601: 1,258 male and 1,343 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sault au Récollet shared boundaries with:

• Côteau St. Louis
• Longue Pointe
• Montréal, Parish
• Rivière des Prairies
• St. Laurent

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,601 total population, 1,343 females, 1,258 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,193, Female members of the family who are present: 1,179, 904 single females, 818 single males, 414 married males, 390 married females, 267 females attending school, 195 adult males unable to read or write, 167 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 164, 151 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, 49 widowed females, 34 female births, 30 male births, 26 widowed males, 3 blind females, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 204 single females aged 10 to 15, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 173 single males aged 20 to 30, 170 single males aged 10 to 15, 148 single females aged 20 to 30, 128 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 98 married females aged 40 to 50, 96 married females aged 30 to 40, 96 single females aged 30 to 40, 95 males aged 5 to 10, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 86 females aged 5 to 10, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 females aged 4 to 5, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 52 females age 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 80 to 90, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 80 to 90, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,431 French Canadians, 128 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $620,328 value farms (dollars), 65,925 bushels of potatoes, $49,956 value all livestock, 35,832 pounds of homemade butter, 34,569 bushels of oats, $17,615 value farm implements in dollars, 16,381 bushels of barley, 12,878 acres of land in farms, 11,085 bushels of peas, 10,690 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,182 acres of farmland under crops, $4,310 value garden and orchard crops, 3,459 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,243 bushels of buckwheat, 2,490 bushels of spring wheat, 2,188 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,158 acres of oats, 1,759 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,706 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,565 bushels of carrots, 1,290 pounds of maple sugar, 1,229 bushels of corn, 984 acres of peas, 855 acres of barley, 844 milk cows, 710 acres of potatoes, 650 horses aged over 3 years, 630 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 624 tons of hay, 590 swine, 495 acres of spring wheat, 463 sheep, 411 calves and heifers, 360 barrels of pork, 337 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 202 acres of buckwheat, 192 horses aged 3 years and under, 171 occupants of farms, 143 bulls, oxen, or steers, 129 bushels of winter wheat, 110 bushels of turnips, 81 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 49 acres of farmland in gardens, 47 acres of corn, 32 barrels of beef, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 acres of winter wheat, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 pounds of hops, 9 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $15,106 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 640 yards of flannel, $598 value carriages for hire (dollars), 472 carriages for pleasure, 466 yards of fulled cloth, 78 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 4 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: QC020007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC163016 — 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). "Sault au Récollet, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-au-r-collet-qc020007-1861/.