St. Arsène, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Arsène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,680. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.914°N, 69.407°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Arsène had a population of 1,680: 886 male and 794 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. Arsène, 1851 (87.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Isle Verte
• St. George de Kakouna
• St. Modeste and Whitworth
• St. Patrice de la Rivière du Loup
• Viger

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,680 total population, 886 males, Male members of the family who are present: 815, 794 females, Female members of the family who are present: 691, 639 single males, 539 single females, 229 adult males unable to read or write, 224 married females, 224 married males, 157 adult females unable to read or write, 146 females attending school, 128 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 103, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, 34 female births, 32 male births, 31 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 142 females aged 5 to 10, 126 males aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 10 to 15, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 101 married females aged 20 to 30, 97 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 single males aged 15 to 20, 63 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 males aged 1 to 2, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,676 French Canadians, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $366,850 value farms (dollars), 67,941 bushels of potatoes, 41,896 pounds of homemade butter, $34,651 value all livestock, $25,286 value horses aged over 3 years, 19,840 bushels of oats, 18,560 acres of land in farms, $17,150 value farm implements in dollars, 11,086 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,366 bushels of rye, 8,591 pounds of maple sugar, 7,474 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,324 acres of farmland under crops, 5,378 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,713 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,466 bushels of spring wheat, 3,830 bushels of barley, 3,334 bushels of peas, 2,353 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,775 sheep, $1,393 value garden and orchard crops, 1,346 tons of hay, 1,239 acres of rye, 1,206 acres of oats, 763 bulls, oxen, or steers, 703 milk cows, 678 swine, 635 barrels of pork, 587 calves and heifers, 528 acres of spring wheat, 469 bushels of turnips, 405 acres of peas, 400 acres of potatoes, 355 acres of barley, 353 barrels of beef, 337 horses aged over 3 years, 196 occupants of farms, 144 horses aged 3 years and under, 98 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 59 bushels of buckwheat, 59 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 acres of farmland in gardens, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,070 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,054 yards of flannel, 4,652 yards of linen, 3,863 yards of fulled cloth, 443 carriages for pleasure, $101 value carriages for hire (dollars), 8 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 240 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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: QC054007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461807
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne

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. Arsène, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ars-ne-qc054007-1861/.