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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Ambroise, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Ambroise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,189. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.089°N, 73.582°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Ambroise had a population of 2,189: 1,150 male and 1,039 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,189
18711,868
18811,786

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, St. Ambroise shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 103 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,189 total population, 1,150 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,109, 1,039 females, Female members of the family who are present: 983, 793 single males, 701 single females, 333 married males, 317 adult females unable to read or write, 313 married females, 300 adult males unable to read or write, 150 females attending school, 138 males attending school, 61 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, 54 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, 25 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 189 males aged 5 to 10, 157 females aged 5 to 10, 153 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 single females aged 10 to 15, 139 single males aged 15 to 20, 119 single females aged 15 to 20, 100 married females aged 30 to 40, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 80 married males aged 40 to 50, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 61 married males aged 20 to 30, 61 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 females age 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,874 French Canadians, 225 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 78 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 13, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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. (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. Ambroise, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-qc025006-1861/.