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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112911857

St. Ambroise, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Ambroise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911857. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.874°N, 71.411°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Ambroise had a population of 3,152: 1,646 male and 1,506 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,152 total population, 1,646 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,568, 1,506 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,422, 1,078 single males, 916 single females, 531 married females, 522 married males, 372 adult males unable to read or write, 255 males attending school, 243 adult females unable to read or write, 231 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, 76 male births, 70 female births, 59 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 195 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 males aged 5 to 10, 175 single males aged 20 to 30, 170 married males aged 30 to 40, 167 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 single females aged 20 to 30, 154 married females aged 30 to 40, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 140 single females aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 10 to 15, 114 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 60 to 70, 75 married females aged 60 to 70, 72 males aged 1 to 2, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 females aged 2 to 3, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 70 to 80, 19 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 16 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,993 French Canadians, 121 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 120 Indigenous males, 91 Indigenous females, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $687,275 value farms (dollars), 44,150 bushels of oats, 41,676 pounds of homemade butter, 37,162 bushels of potatoes, $33,135 value all livestock, 31,332 acres of land in farms, $26,817 value horses aged over 3 years, $24,769 value farm implements in dollars, 19,020 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,312 acres of farmland under cultivation, $7,211 value garden and orchard crops, 6,838 acres of farmland under crops, 5,231 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,931 bushels of turnips, 3,531 tons of hay, 2,798 acres of oats, 2,578 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,400 pounds of maple sugar, 1,790 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,050 bulls, oxen, or steers, 920 milk cows, 699 bushels of barley, 639 bushels of spring wheat, 567 sheep, 489 swine, 477 bushels of peas, 452 horses aged over 3 years, 427 calves and heifers, 409 barrels of pork, 402 occupants of farms, 389 acres of potatoes, 373 bushels of buckwheat, 254 pounds of hops, 243 acres of farmland in gardens, 180 bushels of corn, 132 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 84 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 57 bushels of carrots, 49 acres of spring wheat, 39 acres of peas, 38 acres of barley, 37 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 31 acres of turnips, 31 bushels of rye, 31 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 acres of buckwheat, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 18 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 acres of corn, 8 bushels of winter wheat, 3 acres of rye, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,903 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,146 yards of fulled cloth, 584 yards of linen, 461 yards of flannel, 389 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 40 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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-qc042007-1861/.