St. Colomban, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Colomban was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,580. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.779°N, 71.255°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Colomban had a population of 3,580: 1,784 male and 1,796 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. Colomban shared boundaries with:

• Notre Dame de Québec
• Ste. Foy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,580 total population, 1,796 females, 1,784 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,740, Female members of the family who are present: 1,696, 1,156 single males, 1,138 single females, 586 married males, 582 married females, 331 males attending school, 278 females attending school, 249 adult males unable to read or write, 241 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 100, 77 male births, 76 widowed females, 72 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 44, 42 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 213 single males aged 10 to 15, 212 single females aged 10 to 15, 198 females aged 5 to 10, 198 single females aged 15 to 20, 196 males aged 5 to 10, 194 single females aged 20 to 30, 189 married males aged 30 to 40, 188 single males aged 20 to 30, 186 married females aged 30 to 40, 185 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 married females aged 20 to 30, 154 married males aged 40 to 50, 122 married females aged 40 to 50, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 males aged 3 to 4, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 67 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 4 to 5, 59 females age 3 to 4, 57 males aged 1 to 2, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females 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 1,464 French Canadians, 1,163 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 759 persons originating in Ireland, 211 Indigenous persons, 77 persons originating in England or Wales, 61 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 persons originating in Newfoundland, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $346,400 value farms (dollars), $25,782 value all livestock, 7,420 bushels of turnips, 4,314 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, $3,335 value farm implements in dollars, $2,986 value garden and orchard crops, 2,949 bushels of oats, 2,648 bushels of potatoes, 1,575 acres of land in farms, 866 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 800 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 718 bushels of barley, 709 acres of farmland under cultivation, 663 acres of oats, 468 acres of farmland in pasture, 320 bushels of carrots, 308 tons of hay, 212 swine, 207 acres of farmland under crops, 192 horses aged over 3 years, 128 bushels of spring wheat, 118 milk cows, 65 sheep, 59 occupants of farms, 34 acres of farmland in gardens, 34 acres of potatoes, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 acres of turnips, 22 acres of barley, 12 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 calves and heifers, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of spring wheat, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 barrels of pork, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,392 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $4,314 value carriages for hire (dollars), 193 carriages for pleasure, 118 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 49 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, 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 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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: QC042008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC144001 — 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. Colomban, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-colomban-qc042008-1861/.