St. André, Quebec (1861 census)
St. André was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,659. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461776. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.662°N, 69.689°W.
Population
In 1861, St. André had a population of 1,659: 841 male and 818 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 was contained in St. André, 1851 (82.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. André shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,659 total population, 841 males, 818 females, Female members of the family who are present: 783, Male members of the family who are present: 779, 601 single males, 556 single females, 251 married females, 220 married males, 172 adult males unable to read or write, 165 males attending school, 136 females attending school, 123 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 62, Females present who are not members of the family: 35, 30 male births, 29 female births, 20 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 139 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 125 single males aged 10 to 15, 123 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 91 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 15 to 20, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 females age 3 to 4, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married males aged 20 to 30, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,659 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $400,939 value farms (dollars), 78,000 pounds of homemade butter, $71,631 value all livestock, 47,186 bushels of potatoes, $31,008 value farm implements in dollars, $21,873 value horses aged over 3 years, 20,624 acres of land in farms, 18,537 bushels of oats, 15,671 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,705 pounds of maple sugar, 10,471 bushels of spring wheat, 10,037 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,714 bushels of barley, $6,987 value garden and orchard crops, 5,556 acres of farmland under crops, 5,385 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,988 bushels of rye, 4,953 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,452 bushels of peas, 2,939 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,451 tons of hay, 2,272 sheep, 1,138 acres of spring wheat, 1,107 swine, 955 bulls, oxen, or steers, 895 acres of oats, 881 milk cows, 699 calves and heifers, 547 barrels of pork, 546 acres of rye, 414 acres of barley, 317 acres of peas, 310 horses aged over 3 years, 273 barrels of beef, 237 acres of potatoes, 167 occupants of farms, 103 horses aged 3 years and under, 78 acres of farmland in gardens, 62 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,526 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,242 yards of fulled cloth, 4,580 yards of flannel, 4,252 yards of linen, 417 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 2,976 pounds of fresh fish sold, 462 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 16 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC026006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC026006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461776
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. André, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andr-qc026006-1861/.