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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Shenley, Quebec (1861 census)

Shenley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 242. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.986°N, 70.793°W.

Population

In 1861, Shenley had a population of 242: 1,683 male and 1,712 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861242
1871955
18811,557

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Shenley shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,712 females, 1,683 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,559, Male members of the family who are present: 1,544, 1,173 single females, 1,159 single males, 491 married females, 489 married males, 261 females attending school, 248 males attending school, 242 total population, 192 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 153, Males present who are not members of the family: 139, 85 adult females unable to read or write, 65 female births, 61 male births, 48 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 251 single females aged 10 to 15, 251 single males aged 10 to 15, 242 females aged 5 to 10, 224 males aged 5 to 10, 217 single females aged 15 to 20, 188 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 single females aged 20 to 30, 126 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 married females aged 20 to 30, 106 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 married females aged 50 to 60, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 57 married males aged 60 to 70, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 50 females aged 4 to 5, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 46 females age 3 to 4, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 41 married females aged 60 to 70, 40 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 242 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $407,350 value farms (dollars), $99,174 value all livestock, 78,243 bushels of oats, 60,960 pounds of homemade butter, 48,057 acres of land in farms, 44,550 pounds of maple sugar, $39,490 value horses aged over 3 years, 32,117 acres of farmland under cultivation, 28,813 bushels of potatoes, 16,236 acres of farmland under crops, 15,940 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,850 acres of farmland in pasture, $13,244 value farm implements in dollars, 9,604 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,213 bushels of barley, 5,116 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,053 acres of oats, 3,933 bushels of peas, 3,850 tons of hay, 3,705 sheep, 2,494 bushels of spring wheat, 2,019 bushels of turnips, 1,895 calves and heifers, 1,594 milk cows, $1,520 value garden and orchard crops, 1,249 horses aged over 3 years, 1,031 swine, 1,009 barrels of pork, 630 bulls, oxen, or steers, 527 bushels of buckwheat, 445 acres of peas, 384 acres of barley, 350 occupants of farms, 276 acres of potatoes, 248 acres of spring wheat, 171 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 155 bushels of rye, 142 barrels of beef, 122 acres of turnips, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 94 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 bushels of carrots, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 50 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 30 acres of buckwheat, 28 bushels of corn, 24 bushels of beans, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $15,399 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,362 yards of flannel, 7,071 yards of linen, 4,874 yards of fulled cloth, 809 carriages for pleasure, $725 value carriages for hire (dollars), 54 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 47 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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). "Shenley, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shenley-qc005011-1861/.