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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Clément, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Clément was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,563. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.271°N, 73.892°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Clément had a population of 3,563: 1,752 male and 1,811 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,563 total population, 1,811 females, 1,752 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,703, Male members of the family who are present: 1,624, 1,242 single females, 1,227 single males, 524 married females, 496 married males, 342 adult males unable to read or write, 304 males attending school, 284 females attending school, 239 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 132, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, 83 female births, 52 male births, 45 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 275 females aged 5 to 10, 269 males aged 5 to 10, 252 single males aged 10 to 15, 247 single females aged 15 to 20, 238 single males aged 15 to 20, 214 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 single females aged 20 to 30, 173 married females aged 30 to 40, 166 single males aged 20 to 30, 146 married males aged 40 to 50, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 132 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 males aged 3 to 4, 70 females aged 4 to 5, 69 males aged 4 to 5, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 females age 3 to 4, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,409 French Canadians, 105 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 persons originating in Scotland, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,357,089 value farms (dollars), $130,981 value farm implements in dollars, $108,125 value all livestock, 78,623 bushels of oats, 71,119 bushels of peas, $67,818 value horses aged over 3 years, 56,265 pounds of homemade butter, 30,146 acres of land in farms, 28,525 bushels of barley, 25,046 acres of farmland under cultivation, 24,228 bushels of potatoes, 20,058 bushels of spring wheat, 18,970 acres of farmland under crops, 7,861 pounds of maple sugar, 7,832 pounds of wool produced on farms, $7,678 value garden and orchard crops, 5,775 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,100 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,635 bushels of buckwheat, 4,186 acres of peas, 3,951 acres of oats, 3,239 bushels of carrots, 2,413 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,045 acres of spring wheat, 2,040 sheep, 2,018 tons of hay, 1,514 acres of barley, 1,365 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,231 calves and heifers, 1,228 milk cows, 1,214 swine, 1,200 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,135 bushels of corn, 1,023 horses aged over 3 years, 929 barrels of pork, 606 acres of buckwheat, 573 bulls, oxen, or steers, 571 horses aged 3 years and under, 457 bushels of rye, 371 occupants of farms, 354 bushels of beans, 342 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 301 acres of farmland in gardens, 234 acres of potatoes, 154 barrels of beef, 143 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 129 pounds of hops, 120 gallons of cider, 117 bushels of turnips, 115 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 65 acres of rye, 55 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of mangel wurtzel, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $23,061 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,496 yards of flannel, 3,782 yards of fulled cloth, 1,332 yards of linen, $1,234 value carriages for hire (dollars), 815 carriages for pleasure, 78 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 395 pounds of fresh fish sold, 282 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 8 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. Clément, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cl-ment-qc006003-1861/.