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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  County: Chicoutimi

Simard, Quebec (1861 census)

Simard was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 198. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.527°N, 71.194°W.

Population

In 1861, Simard had a population of 198. Population density was 2.1 people per square mile.

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Simard shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 99 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (2 variables)
VariableValue
POP TOT198
Total population198
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians181
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin17
Agriculture (57 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley87
Acres of farmland in gardens13
Acres of farmland in pasture402
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest3,027
Acres of farmland under crops691
Acres of farmland under cultivation1,106
Acres of land in farms4,133
Acres of oats61
Acres of peas86
Acres of potatoes34
Acres of rye78
Acres of spring wheat2
Acres of turnips1
Barrels of beef produced in the past year22
Barrels of pork produced in the past year43
Bushels of barley produced in the past year573
Bushels of oats produced in the past year721
Bushels of peas produced in the past year433
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year3,343
Bushels of rye produced in the past year613
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year18
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year70
C20 WHT SP AC2
C21 WHT SP BU18
C22 BAR AC87
C23 BAR BU573
C24 RYE AC78
C25 RYE BU613
C26 PEA AC86
C27 PEA BU433
C28 OAT AC61
C29 OAT BU721
C34 POT AC34
C35 POT BU3,343
C43 HAY TONS67
C47 WOOL LBS371
C63 BEEF BAR22
C64 PORK BAR43
HRS ov03 V2,072
Number of calves and heifers59
Number of horses aged 3 years and under7
Number of horses aged over 3 years31
Number of milk cows50
Number of occupants of farms25
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres13
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres6
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres3
Number of sheep183
Number of swine79
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year20
Pounds of homemade butter1,272
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year371
Tons of hay produced in the past year67
Value of all livestock4,751
Value of farm implements in dollars974
Value of farms (dollars)20,910
Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)
VariableValue
Number of carriages for pleasure5
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)74
Yards of flannel produced in the past year398
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year147
Yards of linen produced in the past year13
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
VariableValue
C01 TOTAL25
C04 OCC 20 TO 5013
C05 OCC 50 TO 1006
C06 OCC 100 TO 2003
C07 OCC OVR 2003
C08 HELD4,133
C09 UNDR CULT1,106
C10 UNDR CROP691
C11 UNDR PAST402
C12 GARDENS13
C13 WOOD WILD3,027
C14 CASH FARM20,910
C15 CASH IMP974
C36 TUR AC1
C37 TUR BU70
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS147
C49 FLAN YRDS398
C50 FLX HEM LBS20
C51 LIN YRDS13
C53 MILK COWS50
C54 CALVES HEIFERS59
C55 HORSES31
C56 HORSES VAL2,072
C57 COLTS FILLIES7
C58 SHEEP183
C59 SWINE79
C60 TOT VALUE4,751
C61 BUTTER LB1,272
C68 CAR PLEASURE5
C69 VALUE DOL P74
CD NAMEChicoutimi
Natives of Canada French Origin181
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin17

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). "Simard, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/simard-qc015016-1861/.