St. Antoine Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Antoine Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 15,190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.498°N, 73.578°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Antoine Ward had a population of 15,190: 7,173 male and 8,017 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 Montréal, cité, 1851 (30.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Côteau St. Louis
• Montréal, Parish
• Religious Institutions
• St. Ann’s Ward
• St. Lawrence Ward
• West Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 15,190 total population, 8,017 females, 7,173 males, Female members of the family who are present: 6,495, Male members of the family who are present: 6,050, 5,390 single females, 4,766 single males, 2,252 married males, 2,186 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 1,522, Males present who are not members of the family: 1,123, 1,014 males attending school, 887 females attending school, 576 adult females unable to read or write, 462 adult males unable to read or write, 441 widowed females, 321 male births, 264 female births, 155 widowed males, 8 deaf and dumb males, 6 lunatic females, 5 blind females, 5 blind males, 5 deaf and dumb females, 5 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 1,200 single females aged 20 to 30, 964 single females aged 15 to 20, 899 single males aged 20 to 30, 828 males aged 5 to 10, 762 single males aged 15 to 20, 744 single females aged 10 to 15, 742 married males aged 30 to 40, 740 females aged 5 to 10, 730 single males aged 10 to 15, 714 married females aged 30 to 40, 703 married females aged 20 to 30, 529 married males aged 40 to 50, 509 married males aged 20 to 30, 383 married females aged 40 to 50, 328 single females aged 30 to 40, 273 married males aged 50 to 60, 238 males aged 1 to 2, 237 females age 3 to 4, 237 females aged 1 to 2, 230 females aged 2 to 3, 221 single males aged 30 to 40, 215 married females aged 50 to 60, 210 males aged 2 to 3, 197 males aged 4 to 5, 195 males aged 3 to 4, 184 females aged 4 to 5, 134 married males aged 60 to 70, 128 single females aged 40 to 50, 95 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 93 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 93 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 76 married females aged 15 to 20, 76 married females aged 60 to 70, 68 single males aged 40 to 50, 67 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 62 single females aged 50 to 60, 49 single males aged 50 to 60, 47 single females aged 60 to 70, 44 married males aged 70 to 80, 42 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 39 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 37 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 35 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 27 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 24 single males aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 70 to 80, 13 married males aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 11 single males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 10 females of unknown age, 8 males of unknown age, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 6,300 French Canadians, 4,509 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2,312 persons originating in Ireland, 745 persons originating in Scotland, 744 persons originating in England or Wales, 403 persons originating in the United States, 43 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 35 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 18 persons originating in France, 16 persons originating in the West Indies, 14 persons originating in Newfoundland, 11 negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in all other places, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 7 persons originating in Switzerland, 5 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 4 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 3 persons originating in the East Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 281 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 142, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 139, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 58, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 49, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 20, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 12, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 7, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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 Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-ward-qc061004-1861/.