St. Anicet, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Anicet was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461782. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.117°N, 74.308°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Anicet had a population of 3,170: 1,594 male and 1,576 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. Anicet shared boundaries with:

• Huntingdon, Village, and Godmanchester
• St. Régis and Dundee
• St. Stanislas de Kotska
• Ste. Cécile

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,170 total population, 1,594 males, 1,576 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,535, Female members of the family who are present: 1,498, 1,123 single males, 1,027 single females, 500 married females, 463 married males, 262 adult males unable to read or write, 249 females attending school, 237 males attending school, 126 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 78, 66 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 50 male births, 49 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 250 males aged 5 to 10, 240 females aged 5 to 10, 206 single males aged 10 to 15, 199 single females aged 10 to 15, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 159 married females aged 20 to 30, 146 single females aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 married males aged 20 to 30, 123 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females age 3 to 4, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 15 to 20, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,652 French Canadians, 1,099 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 195 persons originating in Ireland, 165 persons originating in Scotland, 51 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 male negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $491,737 value farms (dollars), $100,505 value all livestock, 78,306 pounds of homemade butter, 52,785 bushels of oats, 49,868 bushels of potatoes, $42,640 value horses aged over 3 years, 41,978 acres of land in farms, $28,140 value farm implements in dollars, 27,887 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,529 bushels of spring wheat, 14,091 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,615 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,341 bushels of peas, 7,177 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,772 acres of farmland under crops, 2,770 bushels of corn, 2,577 sheep, 2,531 bushels of rye, 2,164 bushels of buckwheat, 2,057 bushels of carrots, 2,055 pounds of maple sugar, 2,013 acres of oats, 1,886 bushels of barley, 1,780 bushels of turnips, 1,737 tons of hay, 1,670 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,476 milk cows, 1,435 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,238 calves and heifers, $1,205 value garden and orchard crops, 1,068 swine, 1,051 pounds of hops, 935 acres of spring wheat, 667 horses aged over 3 years, 521 barrels of pork, 460 acres of potatoes, 436 occupants of farms, 417 acres of peas, 405 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 278 horses aged 3 years and under, 202 barrels of beef, 190 acres of rye, 189 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 142 acres of farmland in gardens, 134 acres of corn, 130 acres of buckwheat, 115 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 114 acres of barley, 67 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 46 bulls, oxen, or steers, 32 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 27 bushels of beans, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 3 acres of winter wheat, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,504 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,023 yards of flannel, 1,548 yards of fulled cloth, 958 yards of linen, 361 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC021006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC058008_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461782
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anicet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anicet

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. Anicet, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-anicet-qc021006-1861/.