St. Alexandre, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Alexandre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.666°N, 69.587°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Alexandre had a population of 1,735: 848 male and 887 female residents.

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Alexandre, 1851 (88.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Alexandre, Parke, St. Antonin, 1871 (41.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Alexandre shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Notre Dame du Portage
• St. André
• St. Antonin

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,735 total population, 887 females, 848 males, Female members of the family who are present: 841, Male members of the family who are present: 816, 594 single males, 588 single females, 284 married females, 267 adult males unable to read or write, 258 adult females unable to read or write, 241 married males, 138 females attending school, 126 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 38 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 31 male births, 15 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 119 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 females aged 5 to 10, 115 single males aged 10 to 15, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 95 single males aged 15 to 20, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married males aged 30 to 40, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,735 French Canadians, 25 Indigenous persons, 13 Indigenous females, 12 Indigenous males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $208,420 value farms (dollars), $40,480 value all livestock, 35,527 pounds of homemade butter, 31,594 bushels of potatoes, 21,302 acres of land in farms, $21,134 value farm implements in dollars, $17,202 value horses aged over 3 years, 13,802 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,495 pounds of maple sugar, 8,861 bushels of oats, 7,500 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,810 acres of farmland under crops, 4,493 bushels of barley, 4,174 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,413 bushels of rye, 3,096 bushels of peas, 2,869 bushels of spring wheat, 2,647 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,389 pounds of flax or hemp, $1,366 value garden and orchard crops, 1,291 sheep, 1,145 tons of hay, 622 acres of oats, 598 milk cows, 595 acres of rye, 595 bulls, oxen, or steers, 461 swine, 449 acres of spring wheat, 419 acres of barley, 414 barrels of pork, 402 acres of peas, 383 calves and heifers, 276 barrels of beef, 261 horses aged over 3 years, 206 acres of potatoes, 189 occupants of farms, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 acres of farmland in gardens, 32 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,525 yards of flannel, $5,382 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,358 yards of linen, 2,618 yards of fulled cloth, 332 carriages for pleasure, $77 value carriages for hire (dollars), 10 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC026005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC026005 — 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). "St. Alexandre, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexandre-qc026005-1861/.