St. Barnabé, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: St. Barnabé (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Barnabé was a census subdivision in St. Maurice County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,631. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.476°N, 72.944°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Barnabé had a population of 1,631: 807 male and 824 female residents. Population density was 18.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,490
1861	1,631
1871	1,639
1881	1,976
1891	2,014
1901	2,291
1911	2,501
1921	1,419

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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Barnabé, 1871 (39.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Elie de Caxton, 1871 (60.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 316 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (25 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	786
Females present who are not members of the family	38
Male members of the family who are present	777
Males present who are not members of the family	30
Number of adult females unable to read or write	125
Number of adult males unable to read or write	195
Number of deaf and dumb females	4
Number of deaf and dumb males	1
Number of female births in the past year	53
Number of females	824
Number of females attending school	128
Number of male births in the past year	44
Number of males	807
Number of males attending school	135
Number of married females	248
Number of married males	255
Number of single females	564
Number of single males	533
Number of widowed females	12
Number of widowed males	19
POP FX N.1	824
POP MX N.1	807
POP TOT	1,631
POP XX N.1	1,631
Total population	1,631

Age structure (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	30
Number of females aged 1 to 2	45
Number of females aged 2 to 3	30
Number of females aged 4 to 5	30
Number of females aged 5 to 10	130
Number of females of unknown age	1
Number of males aged 1 to 2	34
Number of males aged 2 to 3	35
Number of males aged 3 to 4	30
Number of males aged 4 to 5	27
Number of males aged 5 to 10	120
Number of males of unknown age	2
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	20
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	90
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	57
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	30
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	30
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	19
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	3
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	80
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	70
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	30
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	40
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	23
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	7
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	90
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	90
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	43
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	15
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	3
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	110
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	70
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	50
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	6
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	1
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	3
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	3
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	2
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	2
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	10
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	3
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of widowed males aged 90 to 100	1

Ethnic origin (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,627
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	1
Number of persons originating in Ireland	3

Agriculture (73 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	122
Acres of buckwheat	364
Acres of corn	3
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	38
Acres of farmland in gardens	93
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,670
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	13,252
Acres of farmland under crops	7,387
Acres of farmland under cultivation	10,150
Acres of land in farms	23,402
Acres of oats	3,418
Acres of peas	346
Acres of potatoes	259
Acres of rye	237
Acres of spring wheat	371
Acres of turnips	21
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	87
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	451
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,625
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	5,759
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	219
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	2
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	44
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	15
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	67,036
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3,806
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	31,201
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	2,509
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	3,547
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,574
C20 WHT SP AC	371
C21 WHT SP BU	3,547
C22 BAR AC	122
C23 BAR BU	1,625
C24 RYE AC	237
C25 RYE BU	2,509
C26 PEA AC	346
C27 PEA BU	3,806
C28 OAT AC	3,418
C29 OAT BU	67,036
C30 BWT AC	364
C31 BWT BU	5,759
C34 POT AC	259
C35 POT BU	31,201
C43 HAY TONS	1,125
C47 WOOL LBS	3,598
C63 BEEF BAR	87
C64 PORK BAR	451
HRS ov03 V	20,457
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	618
Number of calves and heifers	477
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	77
Number of horses aged over 3 years	316
Number of milk cows	556
Number of occupants of farms	266
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	66
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	60
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	117
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	1,393
Number of swine	569
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	9,546
Pounds of homemade butter	26,196
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	49,808
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	3,598
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,125
Value of all livestock	43,908
Value of farm implements in dollars	14,105
Value of farms (dollars)	339,569
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	858

Manufacturing & industry (7 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for hire	45
Number of carriages for pleasure	415
Value of carriages for hire (dollars)	290
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	7,424
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	3,019
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	2,665
Yards of linen produced in the past year	7,723

Deaths & mortality (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15	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 of all ages	6
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20	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 of all ages	12
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	6
Total number of deaths in the past year	18

Other recorded variables (140 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	266
C02 OCC UNDR 10	3
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	8
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	60
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	117
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	66
C07 OCC OVR 200	12
C08 HELD	23,402
C09 UNDR CULT	10,150
C1 Males	807
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	6
C10 UNDR CROP	7,387
C102 Between 90 and 100 years Widowers M	1
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	2
C11 UNDR PAST	2,670
C116 Ages not given M	2
C117 Ages not given F	1
C12 GARDENS	93
C12 Under 2 Years M	34
C120 Married M	255
C121 Single M	533
C122 Widowed M	19
C123 Total M	807
C124 Married F	248
C125 Single F	564
C126 Widows F	12
C127 Total F	824
C128 Grand Total	1,631
C129 Deaths M	12
C13 Under 2 Years F	45
C13 WOOD WILD	13,252
C130 Deaths F	6
C131 Deaths Total	18
C136 Attending School M	135
C137 Attending School F	128
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	195
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	125
C14 CASH FARM	339,569
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	1
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	1
C141 Deaf and Dumb F	4
C15 CASH IMP	14,105
C16 GARDN VALUE	858
C16 Under 3 years M	35
C17 LAND HELD	38
C17 Under 3 years F	30
C2 Females	824
C20 Under 4 years M	30
C21 Under 4 years F	30
C24 Under 5 years M	27
C25 Under 5 years F	30
C27 Deaths under 5 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	120
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	130
C3 Total	1,631
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	1
C32 INDN CRN AC	3
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	110
C33 INDN CRN BU	44
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	90
C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M	2
C36 TUR AC	21
C37 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths F	1
C37 TUR BU	1,574
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	3
C38 CAR BU	219
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	70
C4 Members of Family M	777
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	20
C40 MAN WURT BU	15
C41 BEN BU	5
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	90
C42 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths M	1
C42 CLV TIM GRA	2
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	80
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	50
C45 MPL SGR LBS	49,808
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	1
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	90
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	43
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	2,665
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	1
C49 FLAN YRDS	3,019
C5 Members of Family F	786
C50 FLX HEM LBS	9,546
C51 LIN YRDS	7,723
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	70
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	618
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	6
C53 MILK COWS	556
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	1
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	477
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	57
C55 HORSES	316
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	15
C56 HORSES VAL	20,457
C57 COLTS FILLIES	77
C58 SHEEP	1,393
C59 SWINE	569
C6 Not Members of Family M	30
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	30
C60 TOT VALUE	43,908
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	1
C61 BUTTER LB	26,196
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	30
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	3
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	3
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	40
C68 CAR PLEASURE	415
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	1
C69 VALUE DOL P	7,424
C7 Not Members of Family F	38
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	2
C70 CAR HIRE	45
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	30
C71 VALUE DOL H	290
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	3
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	2
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	23
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	3
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	10
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	19
C8 Births in 1860 M	44
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	2
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	7
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	3
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	2
C9 Births in 1860 F	53
C90 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths M	1
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	2
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	2
CD NAME	St. Maurice
England and Wales	1
Ireland	3
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,627

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC052002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093004 — 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. Barnabé, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barnab-qc052002-1861/.