St. Armand W-O, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Armand W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,328. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.045°N, 73.007°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Armand W-O had a population of 1,328: 631 male and 697 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. Armand W-O shared boundaries with:

• Philipsburgh, Village
• St. Armand, East
• St. George de Clarenceville
• Stanbridge

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,328 total population, 697 females, Female members of the family who are present: 648, 631 males, Male members of the family who are present: 568, 456 single females, 405 single males, 214 married females, 209 married males, 105 males attending school, 90 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 44 adult males unable to read or write, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 27 widowed females, 23 female births, 17 widowed males, 15 male births, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 90 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 females aged 5 to 10, 74 males aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 single males aged 15 to 20, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 15 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 857 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 228 persons originating in the United States, 201 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $523,729 value farms (dollars), 90,190 pounds of homemade butter, $69,074 value all livestock, 34,347 pounds of maple sugar, 26,762 bushels of oats, $24,295 value horses aged over 3 years, 20,048 bushels of potatoes, $19,721 value farm implements in dollars, 17,850 acres of land in farms, 13,155 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,559 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,891 bushels of corn, 7,087 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,367 acres of farmland under crops, 6,291 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,755 bushels of buckwheat, 4,988 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,879 bushels of spring wheat, $2,834 value garden and orchard crops, 1,888 tons of hay, 1,699 sheep, 1,474 bushels of peas, 1,332 bushels of carrots, 1,242 bushels of turnips, 996 acres of oats, 974 milk cows, 937 bushels of barley, 854 barrels of beef, 532 calves and heifers, 457 barrels of pork, 366 horses aged over 3 years, 353 acres of spring wheat, 308 gallons of cider, 284 acres of corn, 258 bushels of beans, 241 acres of buckwheat, 234 swine, 204 acres of farmland in gardens, 163 acres of potatoes, 162 horses aged 3 years and under, 157 occupants of farms, 100 bushels of rye, 92 bulls, oxen, or steers, 83 acres of peas, 61 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 acres of barley, 48 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 44 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 8 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,715 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 636 yards of flannel, 346 carriages for pleasure, 249 yards of fulled cloth, 11 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC033005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072006 — 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. Armand W-O, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-armand-w-o-qc033005-1861/.