St. Camille, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Camille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 486. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911968. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.690°N, 71.700°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Camille had a population of 486.

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 Wotton, 1851 (35.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Dudswell
• Ham
• Ham, S
• Stoke
• Windsor
• Wotton

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 56 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 486 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 483 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $23,140 value farms (dollars), $8,934 value all livestock, 8,751 acres of land in farms, 8,255 pounds of maple sugar, 7,891 bushels of potatoes, 6,720 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,702 bushels of buckwheat, 3,053 bushels of oats, $2,554 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,289 pounds of homemade butter, 2,087 bushels of turnips, 2,031 acres of farmland under cultivation, $1,625 value farm implements in dollars, 1,525 acres of farmland under crops, 1,042 bushels of barley, 536 pounds of wool produced on farms, 506 acres of farmland in pasture, 479 bushels of spring wheat, 458 bushels of rye, 285 pounds of flax or hemp, 252 acres of buckwheat, 236 sheep, 232 tons of hay, 170 acres of oats, 148 calves and heifers, 127 swine, 93 milk cows, 90 barrels of pork, 85 acres of potatoes, 80 bushels of peas, 78 acres of barley, 76 occupants of farms, 55 bulls, oxen, or steers, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 48 acres of spring wheat, 42 acres of rye, 33 acres of turnips, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 barrels of beef, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 acres of peas, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of winter wheat, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 423 yards of flannel, 262 yards of linen, 227 yards of fulled cloth, $106 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC059005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911968

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. Camille, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-camille-qc059005-1861/.