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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Athanase, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Athanase was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,602. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.282°N, 73.212°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Athanase had a population of 2,602: 1,312 male and 1,290 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,682
18612,602
18712,139
18811,857
18911,028
1901764
1911772

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. Athanase shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,602 total population, 1,312 males, 1,290 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,250, Female members of the family who are present: 1,211, 895 single males, 894 single females, 387 married males, 363 married females, 356 adult males unable to read or write, 291 adult females unable to read or write, 243 males attending school, 221 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, Males present who are not members of the family: 62, 34 female births, 33 widowed females, 32 male births, 30 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 200 males aged 5 to 10, 196 females aged 5 to 10, 185 single males aged 10 to 15, 171 single females aged 10 to 15, 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 130 single males aged 20 to 30, 116 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 30 to 40, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 60 to 70, 53 females age 3 to 4, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 44 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,245 French Canadians, 263 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 78 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $625,587 value farms (dollars), $74,870 value all livestock, 74,225 bushels of oats, $43,057 value horses aged over 3 years, 37,512 bushels of potatoes, $35,555 value farm implements in dollars, 30,902 pounds of homemade butter, 25,508 acres of land in farms, 20,131 bushels of peas, 19,678 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,895 acres of farmland under crops, 13,834 bushels of spring wheat, 7,976 bushels of barley, 7,850 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,830 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,567 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,567 acres of oats, 3,727 bushels of buckwheat, 2,748 sheep, $2,709 value garden and orchard crops, 2,658 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,148 pounds of maple sugar, 1,747 acres of peas, 1,728 acres of spring wheat, 1,363 tons of hay, 1,210 bushels of turnips, 1,076 calves and heifers, 1,046 swine, 960 milk cows, 735 bulls, oxen, or steers, 733 horses aged over 3 years, 537 bushels of corn, 515 barrels of pork, 460 acres of barley, 430 bushels of carrots, 396 horses aged 3 years and under, 356 occupants of farms, 323 acres of potatoes, 226 acres of buckwheat, 216 acres of farmland in gardens, 180 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 156 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 120 barrels of beef, 98 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 69 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 bushels of rye, 40 bushels of beans, 30 acres of corn, 25 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 pounds of hops, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of rye, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $13,000 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,004 yards of flannel, 3,613 yards of fulled cloth, 2,882 yards of linen, 540 carriages for pleasure, $40 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 60 pounds of fresh fish sold, 53 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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. Athanase, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-athanase-qc022003-1861/.