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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63244603

Shipton, Quebec (1861 census)

Shipton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,132. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244603. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.769°N, 72.007°W.

Population

In 1861, Shipton had a population of 2,132: 1,124 male and 1,008 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,285
18612,132
18712,354
18812,347
18912,318
19011,810
19111,957

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Shipton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,132 total population, 1,124 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,051, 1,008 females, Female members of the family who are present: 929, 747 single males, 627 single females, 347 married males, 339 married females, 269 males attending school, 217 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, Males present who are not members of the family: 73, 71 adult males unable to read or write, 48 adult females unable to read or write, 44 female births, 42 widowed females, 38 male births, 30 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 160 males aged 5 to 10, 153 females aged 5 to 10, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 116 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 102 single males aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 30 to 40, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 57 married males aged 50 to 60, 55 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,435 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 190 persons originating in Ireland, 161 French Canadians, 143 persons originating in the United States, 90 persons originating in Scotland, 86 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $424,055 value farms (dollars), $81,751 value all livestock, 73,999 pounds of homemade butter, 73,293 pounds of maple sugar, 50,282 bushels of potatoes, 35,093 bushels of oats, 31,758 acres of land in farms, $24,849 value horses aged over 3 years, 19,577 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $16,241 value farm implements in dollars, 14,401 bushels of turnips, 12,181 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,908 bushels of buckwheat, 10,839 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,151 bushels of spring wheat, 7,215 acres of farmland under crops, 6,647 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,942 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,238 bushels of barley, 2,847 tons of hay, 1,932 sheep, 1,771 bushels of corn, 1,740 acres of oats, 1,512 bushels of peas, 1,458 calves and heifers, 1,334 bushels of rye, 833 milk cows, 673 bushels of carrots, 603 swine, 560 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 500 acres of spring wheat, 460 barrels of pork, 423 acres of buckwheat, 342 horses aged over 3 years, 341 pounds of flax or hemp, 319 occupants of farms, 311 acres of potatoes, 271 bulls, oxen, or steers, 162 horses aged 3 years and under, 154 acres of barley, 141 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 133 barrels of beef, 129 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 126 bushels of beans, 94 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 84 acres of peas, 73 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 72 acres of rye, 64 acres of corn, 60 acres of turnips, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 49 pounds of hops, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 gallons of cider, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,078 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,855 yards of flannel, 695 yards of fulled cloth, 309 carriages for pleasure, 276 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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). "Shipton, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shipton-qc044006-1861/.