St. Alexis, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Alexis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,500. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461722. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.943°N, 73.632°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Alexis had a population of 1,500: 747 male and 753 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Alexis shared boundaries with:

• St. Esprit
• St. Jacques
• Ste. Julienne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,500 total population, 753 females, 747 males, Male members of the family who are present: 697, Female members of the family who are present: 694, 511 single males, 508 single females, 221 married females, 220 married males, 176 adult males unable to read or write, 127 males attending school, 116 females attending school, 84 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 59, Males present who are not members of the family: 50, 28 female births, 24 widowed females, 23 male births, 16 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 116 single males aged 10 to 15, 111 females aged 5 to 10, 105 males aged 5 to 10, 94 single females aged 10 to 15, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,500 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $371,220 value farms (dollars), 91,193 pounds of maple sugar, $46,202 value all livestock, 44,079 bushels of oats, 30,010 pounds of homemade butter, $19,321 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,932 acres of land in farms, $10,566 value farm implements in dollars, 9,697 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,091 bushels of potatoes, 6,339 acres of farmland under crops, 6,054 bushels of barley, 3,446 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,357 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,064 acres of oats, 2,996 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,871 bushels of spring wheat, 2,795 bushels of peas, 2,235 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,381 tons of hay, 1,312 sheep, 1,220 bushels of buckwheat, 900 bulls, oxen, or steers, 779 milk cows, 623 calves and heifers, 468 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 416 swine, 413 horses aged over 3 years, 388 barrels of pork, 333 acres of barley, 275 acres of spring wheat, 232 acres of peas, 201 horses aged 3 years and under, 177 acres of buckwheat, 170 bushels of rye, 151 occupants of farms, 100 bushels of corn, 96 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 81 acres of potatoes, 77 barrels of beef, 64 bushels of winter wheat, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 acres of rye, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 acres of corn, 5 acres of winter wheat, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,765 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,665 yards of linen, 2,071 yards of flannel, 1,496 yards of fulled cloth, 187 carriages for pleasure, $80 value carriages for hire (dollars), 10 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 9, 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC034005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC176002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461722
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Alexis,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Alexis_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Alexis, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexis-qc034005-1861/.