St. Barthélémy, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Barthélémy was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,429. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.215°N, 73.166°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Barthélémy had a population of 2,429: 1,260 male and 1,169 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. Barthélémy shared boundaries with:

• Maskinongé
• St. Cuthbert
• St. Didace
• St. Gabriel
• St. Justin

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,429 total population, 1,260 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,213, 1,169 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,149, 864 single males, 755 single females, 382 married females, 377 married males, 239 males attending school, 197 females attending school, 163 adult males unable to read or write, 142 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, 38 female births, 34 male births, 32 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 19 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 212 males aged 5 to 10, 210 females aged 5 to 10, 186 single males aged 10 to 15, 150 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single females aged 15 to 20, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 20 to 30, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 85 single females aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 married females aged 60 to 70, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 males of unknown age, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,429 French Canadians, 2 male negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $831,349 value farms (dollars), 157,018 bushels of oats, $47,646 value farm implements in dollars, $37,994 value horses aged over 3 years, 37,454 pounds of homemade butter, $36,088 value all livestock, 24,375 bushels of potatoes, 22,040 acres of land in farms, 17,840 pounds of maple sugar, 13,023 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,017 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,260 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,656 bushels of peas, 7,488 acres of farmland under crops, 6,072 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,814 acres of oats, 5,478 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,399 bushels of spring wheat, 3,799 bushels of buckwheat, 2,723 tons of hay, 2,351 sheep, 2,307 bushels of barley, $1,566 value garden and orchard crops, 1,030 bulls, oxen, or steers, 920 milk cows, 918 swine, 802 barrels of pork, 742 calves and heifers, 536 acres of peas, 360 acres of spring wheat, 345 bushels of turnips, 335 bushels of rye, 310 bushels of corn, 310 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 299 occupants of farms, 286 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 284 barrels of beef, 264 acres of buckwheat, 247 horses aged 3 years and under, 160 acres of potatoes, 144 acres of barley, 94 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 horses aged over 3 years, 66 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 57 acres of farmland in gardens, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 acres of rye, 17 acres of corn, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 12,425 yards of linen, $9,468 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,674 yards of flannel, 3,026 yards of fulled cloth, 329 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 356 pounds of fresh fish sold, 5 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: QC008007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043005_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461850
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Barthélémy, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barth-l-my-qc008007-1861/.