St. Antoine, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,821. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.799°N, 73.200°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Antoine had a population of 1,821: 896 male and 925 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. Antoine shared boundaries with:

• Contrecoeur
• St. Marc
• St. Roch
• Verchères

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,821 total population, 925 females, 896 males, Female members of the family who are present: 828, Male members of the family who are present: 799, 603 single females, 601 single males, 280 married females, 280 married males, 251 adult males unable to read or write, 234 adult females unable to read or write, 134 males attending school, 111 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 97, Males present who are not members of the family: 97, 42 widowed females, 20 male births, 19 female births, 15 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 118 males aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 females aged 5 to 10, 106 single females aged 20 to 30, 105 single males aged 15 to 20, 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 single males aged 10 to 15, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,814 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $691,740 value farms (dollars), $94,843 value all livestock, 72,069 bushels of oats, $49,710 value horses aged over 3 years, 35,926 pounds of homemade butter, $33,815 value farm implements in dollars, 27,072 bushels of peas, 20,951 bushels of potatoes, 18,879 acres of land in farms, 16,212 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,398 bushels of barley, 12,547 acres of farmland under crops, 7,876 pounds of maple sugar, 6,925 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,014 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,901 acres of oats, $3,765 value garden and orchard crops, 3,408 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,667 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,327 sheep, 2,051 acres of peas, 1,859 bushels of spring wheat, 1,500 tons of hay, 1,239 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,008 bushels of corn, 999 milk cows, 976 calves and heifers, 961 acres of barley, 681 swine, 678 barrels of pork, 643 horses aged over 3 years, 524 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 286 horses aged 3 years and under, 266 barrels of beef, 257 acres of farmland in gardens, 245 occupants of farms, 239 acres of spring wheat, 206 acres of potatoes, 203 bushels of buckwheat, 194 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 100 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 acres of corn, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 bushels of rye, 21 acres of mangel wurtzel, 16 acres of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of rye, 7 bushels of carrots, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,401 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,157 yards of linen, 3,706 yards of flannel, 2,579 yards of fulled cloth, 751 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, 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 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC058003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911888

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-qc058003-1861/.