St. Célestin, Quebec (1861 census)

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

St. Célestin was a census subdivision in Nicolet County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.208°N, 72.401°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Célestin had a population of 1,355: 702 male and 653 female residents. Population density was 36.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	468
1861	1,355
1871	1,609
1881	1,656
1891	1,532
1901	1,320
1911	1,380
1921	1,135

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. Célestin, 1871 (88.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 306 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (26 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	632
Females present who are not members of the family	21
Male members of the family who are present	684
Males present who are not members of the family	18
Number of adult females unable to read or write	90
Number of adult males unable to read or write	149
Number of deaf and dumb males	2
Number of female births in the past year	21
Number of females	653
Number of females attending school	122
Number of lunatic females	2
Number of lunatic males	2
Number of male births in the past year	19
Number of males	702
Number of males attending school	129
Number of married females	186
Number of married males	207
Number of single females	450
Number of single males	474
Number of widowed females	17
Number of widowed males	21
POP FX N.1	653
POP MX N.1	702
POP TOT	1,355
POP XX N.1	1,355
Total population	1,355

Age structure (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	33
Number of females aged 1 to 2	20
Number of females aged 2 to 3	20
Number of females aged 4 to 5	20
Number of females aged 5 to 10	93
Number of males aged 1 to 2	18
Number of males aged 2 to 3	18
Number of males aged 3 to 4	21
Number of males aged 4 to 5	22
Number of males aged 5 to 10	116
Number of males of unknown age	1
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	67
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	54
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	37
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	16
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	9
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	3
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	50
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	63
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	36
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	34
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	16
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	6
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	95
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	68
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	59
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	11
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	89
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	76
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	76
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	8
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	4
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	1
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	4
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	4
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	2
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	10
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed males aged 90 to 100	1

Ethnic origin (4 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,330
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	21
Number of persons originating in Ireland	2
Number of persons originating in Scotland	2

Agriculture (68 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	89
Acres of buckwheat	232
Acres of corn	5
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	12
Acres of farmland in gardens	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,601
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	14,054
Acres of farmland under crops	3,384
Acres of farmland under cultivation	4,986
Acres of land in farms	19,040
Acres of oats	1,637
Acres of peas	150
Acres of potatoes	168
Acres of rye	25
Acres of spring wheat	586
Acres of turnips	7
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	69
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	289
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	915
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	2,413
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	87
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	22,318
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,205
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	16,392
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	169
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	5,496
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	815
C20 WHT SP AC	586
C21 WHT SP BU	5,496
C22 BAR AC	89
C23 BAR BU	915
C24 RYE AC	25
C25 RYE BU	169
C26 PEA AC	150
C27 PEA BU	1,205
C28 OAT AC	1,637
C29 OAT BU	22,318
C30 BWT AC	232
C31 BWT BU	2,413
C34 POT AC	168
C35 POT BU	16,392
C43 HAY TONS	517
C47 WOOL LBS	2,815
C63 BEEF BAR	69
C64 PORK BAR	289
HRS ov03 V	11,974
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	134
Number of calves and heifers	360
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	63
Number of horses aged over 3 years	211
Number of milk cows	390
Number of occupants of farms	185
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	32
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	39
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	103
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	4
Number of sheep	879
Number of swine	373
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	1,500
Pounds of homemade butter	9,123
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	12,360
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	2,815
Tons of hay produced in the past year	517
Value of all livestock	27,936
Value of farm implements in dollars	6,342
Value of farms (dollars)	216,488
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	416

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	329
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	6,225
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,319
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	1,299
Yards of linen produced in the past year	3,480

Deaths & mortality (17 variables)

Variable	Value
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 2 to 3	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4	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 of all ages	7
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	2
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 5 to 10	2
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	9
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	16

Other recorded variables (135 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	185
C02 OCC UNDR 10	4
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	39
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	103
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	32
C07 OCC OVR 200	7
C08 HELD	19,040
C09 UNDR CULT	4,986
C1 Males	702
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	3,384
C102 Between 90 and 100 years Widowers M	1
C11 UNDR PAST	1,601
C116 Ages not given M	1
C12 GARDENS	1
C12 Under 2 Years M	18
C120 Married M	207
C121 Single M	474
C122 Widowed M	21
C123 Total M	702
C124 Married F	186
C125 Single F	450
C126 Widows F	17
C127 Total F	653
C128 Grand Total	1,355
C129 Deaths M	9
C13 Under 2 Years F	20
C13 WOOD WILD	14,054
C130 Deaths F	7
C131 Deaths Total	16
C136 Attending School M	129
C137 Attending School F	122
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	149
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	90
C14 CASH FARM	216,488
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	2
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	2
C144 Lunatics M	2
C145 Lunatics F	2
C15 CASH IMP	6,342
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	416
C16 Under 3 years M	18
C17 LAND HELD	12
C17 Under 3 years F	20
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	1
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	653
C20 Under 4 years M	21
C21 Under 4 years F	33
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C24 Under 5 years M	22
C25 Under 5 years F	20
C27 Deaths under 5 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	116
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	93
C3 Total	1,355
C30 Deaths between 5 and 10 years M	2
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	1
C32 INDN CRN AC	5
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	89
C33 INDN CRN BU	87
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	95
C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M	1
C36 TUR AC	7
C37 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths F	1
C37 TUR BU	815
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	76
C4 Members of Family M	684
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	68
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	50
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	76
C45 MPL SGR LBS	12,360
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	1
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	67
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	59
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	1,299
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,319
C5 Members of Family F	632
C50 FLX HEM LBS	1,500
C51 LIN YRDS	3,480
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	63
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	134
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	8
C53 MILK COWS	390
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	2
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	360
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	54
C55 HORSES	211
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	11
C56 HORSES VAL	11,974
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	4
C57 COLTS FILLIES	63
C58 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths M	1
C58 SHEEP	879
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	373
C6 Not Members of Family M	18
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	36
C60 TOT VALUE	27,936
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	4
C61 BUTTER LB	9,123
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	2
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	37
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	5
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	34
C68 CAR PLEASURE	329
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	3
C69 VALUE DOL P	6,225
C7 Not Members of Family F	21
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	3
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	16
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	2
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	4
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	16
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	2
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	10
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	9
C8 Births in 1860 M	19
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	2
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	4
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	6
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	1
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	3
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	5
C9 Births in 1860 F	21
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	2
CD NAME	Nicolet
Ireland	2
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,330
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	21
Scotland	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC038005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078008 — 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. Célestin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-lestin-qc038005-1861/.