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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3461713

St. Alexandre, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Alexandre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461713. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.230°N, 73.114°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Alexandre had a population of 2,890: 1,433 male and 1,457 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,890
18713,303
18813,262
18912,101
19011,608
1911—

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, St. Alexandre shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,890 total population, 1,457 females, 1,433 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,405, Male members of the family who are present: 1,372, 972 single females, 963 single males, 450 married males, 444 married females, 405 adult males unable to read or write, 266 adult females unable to read or write, 201 males attending school, 196 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 61, Females present who are not members of the family: 52, 41 widowed females, 33 female births, 31 male births, 20 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 244 females aged 5 to 10, 220 males aged 5 to 10, 213 single males aged 10 to 15, 200 single females aged 10 to 15, 164 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 single males aged 15 to 20, 138 married females aged 20 to 30, 130 married males aged 30 to 40, 118 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 single males aged 20 to 30, 86 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 81 males aged 2 to 3, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 females aged 2 to 3, 66 females age 3 to 4, 57 males aged 3 to 4, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,844 French Canadians, 22 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in the United States, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $550,669 value farms (dollars), 72,046 bushels of oats, $67,179 value all livestock, 38,135 bushels of potatoes, $32,799 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,663 acres of land in farms, 19,245 bushels of spring wheat, $16,349 value farm implements in dollars, 14,013 pounds of homemade butter, 11,732 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,581 bushels of peas, 10,931 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,132 acres of farmland under crops, 5,974 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,535 acres of oats, 3,530 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,146 bushels of barley, 2,748 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,213 pounds of maple sugar, 1,869 bushels of buckwheat, 1,827 sheep, $1,744 value garden and orchard crops, 1,648 acres of spring wheat, 1,503 bushels of turnips, 1,015 acres of peas, 933 tons of hay, 784 swine, 752 bulls, oxen, or steers, 748 calves and heifers, 692 milk cows, 606 horses aged over 3 years, 480 bushels of rye, 407 barrels of pork, 312 acres of potatoes, 306 occupants of farms, 224 bushels of carrots, 196 bushels of corn, 196 horses aged 3 years and under, 163 acres of barley, 153 acres of buckwheat, 136 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 135 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 99 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 51 acres of farmland in gardens, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 acres of rye, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 14 barrels of beef, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 acres of corn, 6 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6 pounds of hops, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, | acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,844 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,440 yards of flannel, 3,194 yards of linen, 2,968 yards of fulled cloth, 350 carriages for pleasure, $340 value carriages for hire (dollars), 26 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 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. (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). "St. Alexandre, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexandre-qc022002-1861/.