St. Antoine, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,000. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q932023. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.641°N, 71.549°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Antoine had a population of 2,000: 980 male and 1,020 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).

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. Antoine, 1851 (40.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Apollinaire
• St. Nicolas
• Ste. Croix and Convent

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,000 total population, 1,020 females, 980 males, Female members of the family who are present: 962, Male members of the family who are present: 945, 716 single females, 675 single males, 282 married males, 277 married females, 206 adult males unable to read or write, 147 females attending school, 146 adult females unable to read or write, 124 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 37 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 35, 32 male births, 27 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 169 females aged 5 to 10, 137 males aged 5 to 10, 137 single females aged 10 to 15, 128 single males aged 10 to 15, 127 single females aged 15 to 20, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 90 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 females age 3 to 4, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,980 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $340,425 value farms (dollars), 78,774 bushels of oats, $75,270 value all livestock, 49,534 pounds of homemade butter, 35,326 bushels of potatoes, $25,927 value horses aged over 3 years, 25,578 acres of land in farms, 14,420 acres of farmland under cultivation, $11,426 value farm implements in dollars, 11,158 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,208 acres of farmland under crops, 7,012 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,104 acres of farmland in pasture, $5,429 value garden and orchard crops, 4,166 acres of oats, 3,382 bushels of peas, 3,236 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,101 bushels of spring wheat, 2,118 sheep, 2,115 tons of hay, 1,778 bushels of rye, 1,586 bushels of barley, 1,100 pounds of maple sugar, 900 bushels of buckwheat, 896 calves and heifers, 864 swine, 781 milk cows, 667 bushels of turnips, 557 barrels of pork, 482 bulls, oxen, or steers, 379 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 357 acres of potatoes, 352 acres of peas, 332 horses aged over 3 years, 305 acres of spring wheat, 263 occupants of farms, 210 acres of rye, 179 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 164 barrels of beef, 147 bushels of corn, 130 bushels of carrots, 108 acres of farmland in gardens, 104 acres of barley, 96 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 90 bushels of beans, 90 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 acres of buckwheat, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of corn, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,552 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,466 yards of linen, 3,884 yards of fulled cloth, 3,509 yards of flannel, 596 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, 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 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: QC030003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC049008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q932023

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. Antoine, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-qc030003-1861/.