St. Charles, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,176. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.763°N, 70.934°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Charles had a population of 2,176: 1,080 male and 1,096 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. Charles shared boundaries with:

• Beaumont
• St. Anselme
• St. Gervais
• St. Henri
• St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent
• St. Michel

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,176 total population, 1,096 females, 1,080 males, Female members of the family who are present: 998, Male members of the family who are present: 974, 735 single females, 732 single males, 326 married males, 320 married females, 207 males attending school, 195 females attending school, 168 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 106, 104 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, 41 widowed females, 26 male births, 23 female births, 22 widowed males, 3 blind males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 168 single males aged 15 to 20, 142 single females aged 15 to 20, 122 females aged 5 to 10, 121 single females aged 10 to 15, 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 114 single males aged 20 to 30, 113 males aged 5 to 10, 112 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 30 to 40, 60 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 29 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 single females aged 40 to 50, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 females age 3 to 4, 21 females of unknown age, 20 males of unknown age, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 14 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,168 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $478,790 value farms (dollars), 71,302 bushels of oats, 67,477 bushels of potatoes, $66,984 value all livestock, 46,717 pounds of homemade butter, 27,115 acres of land in farms, 23,975 pounds of maple sugar, $22,943 value horses aged over 3 years, $21,287 value farm implements in dollars, 16,936 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,179 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,858 acres of farmland under crops, 7,939 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,238 bushels of rye, 6,139 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,132 acres of oats, $3,854 value garden and orchard crops, 3,069 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,378 tons of hay, 2,215 bushels of peas, 1,796 bushels of spring wheat, 1,769 sheep, 1,219 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,214 barrels of pork, 1,161 calves and heifers, 1,039 swine, 934 bushels of turnips, 902 milk cows, 817 bushels of barley, 532 acres of potatoes, 500 acres of rye, 365 horses aged over 3 years, 252 occupants of farms, 173 acres of peas, 148 barrels of beef, 141 acres of spring wheat, 139 acres of farmland in gardens, 103 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 71 horses aged 3 years and under, 48 acres of barley, 44 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 bushels of buckwheat, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of buckwheat, 7 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,153 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,621 yards of linen, 4,406 yards of flannel, 2,556 yards of fulled cloth, 509 carriages for pleasure, 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 35 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC007004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC141003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461950

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, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-qc007004-1861/.