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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2642428

St. Charles Borromée, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Charles Borromée was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,651. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2642428. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.035°N, 73.445°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Charles Borromée had a population of 3,651: 1,836 male and 1,815 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Charles Borromée shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,651 total population, 1,836 males, 1,815 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,698, Female members of the family who are present: 1,658, 1,238 single males, 1,174 single females, 569 married females, 564 married males, 442 adult males unable to read or write, 340 adult females unable to read or write, 316 females attending school, 295 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 157, Males present who are not members of the family: 138, 72 widowed females, 71 female births, 63 male births, 34 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 278 males aged 5 to 10, 252 single females aged 10 to 15, 251 females aged 5 to 10, 237 single males aged 10 to 15, 227 single females aged 15 to 20, 189 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 single males aged 20 to 30, 157 married females aged 20 to 30, 155 married males aged 30 to 40, 151 married females aged 30 to 40, 147 married males aged 40 to 50, 129 single females aged 20 to 30, 115 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 20 to 30, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 4 to 5, 69 married males aged 60 to 70, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 57 married females aged 60 to 70, 56 females age 3 to 4, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males of unknown age, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 females of unknown age, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,566 French Canadians, 60 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $312,900 value farms (dollars), $55,813 value all livestock, 47,700 bushels of oats, 25,870 pounds of homemade butter, 23,311 bushels of potatoes, 22,100 pounds of maple sugar, $16,378 value horses aged over 3 years, 14,657 acres of land in farms, $12,244 value farm implements in dollars, 9,237 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,793 acres of farmland under crops, 5,420 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,413 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,243 acres of oats, 2,970 bushels of peas, 2,913 bushels of rye, 2,686 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,277 bushels of barley, 2,217 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,910 bushels of buckwheat, 1,141 tons of hay, $899 value garden and orchard crops, 891 sheep, 735 milk cows, 651 bushels of spring wheat, 540 swine, 491 barrels of pork, 455 horses aged over 3 years, 351 calves and heifers, 342 acres of rye, 333 acres of peas, 312 bushels of carrots, 235 acres of potatoes, 193 acres of barley, 184 occupants of farms, 173 bushels of corn, 169 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 152 acres of buckwheat, 102 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 barrels of beef, 80 bushels of turnips, 77 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 pounds of hops, 66 acres of spring wheat, 55 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 bulls, oxen, or steers, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of corn, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,433 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,468 yards of linen, 1,679 yards of flannel, 1,276 yards of fulled cloth, $472 value carriages for hire (dollars), 345 carriages for pleasure, 12 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 71 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 38, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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. Charles Borromée, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-borrom-e-qc025007-1861/.