St. Cuthbert, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Cuthbert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,110. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462007. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.184°N, 73.229°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Cuthbert had a population of 3,110: 1,514 male and 1,596 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. Cuthbert shared boundaries with:

• Berthier, Parish
• St. Barthélémy
• St. Gabriel
• St. Norbert

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,110 total population, 1,596 females, 1,514 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,496, Male members of the family who are present: 1,449, 1,057 single males, 1,041 single females, 494 married females, 431 married males, 361 adult males unable to read or write, 260 adult females unable to read or write, 224 females attending school, 195 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 100, 73 female births, 73 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, 61 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 235 females aged 5 to 10, 233 males aged 5 to 10, 197 single females aged 10 to 15, 188 single males aged 10 to 15, 154 single males aged 15 to 20, 145 single females aged 15 to 20, 136 married females aged 20 to 30, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 123 single males aged 20 to 30, 118 married males aged 30 to 40, 110 married females aged 40 to 50, 95 married males aged 40 to 50, 94 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 males aged 4 to 5, 72 females aged 1 to 2, 72 females aged 4 to 5, 66 females age 3 to 4, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 51 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 47 married females aged 50 to 60, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 married males aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 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 3,101 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,459,508 value farms (dollars), 192,198 bushels of oats, $99,232 value all livestock, $50,854 value horses aged over 3 years, 45,866 pounds of homemade butter, 38,224 acres of land in farms, 29,842 bushels of potatoes, 21,732 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,090 pounds of wool produced on farms, 16,492 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,274 acres of farmland under crops, 14,567 pounds of maple sugar, 12,889 bushels of peas, 9,691 bushels of buckwheat, 9,550 acres of oats, $9,432 value farm implements in dollars, 8,298 pounds of flax or hemp, 6,401 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,634 tons of hay, 4,252 bushels of barley, 2,867 sheep, $2,477 value garden and orchard crops, 2,075 bushels of spring wheat, 1,674 acres of peas, 1,260 calves and heifers, 1,163 milk cows, 1,105 swine, 945 barrels of pork, 884 horses aged over 3 years, 770 bushels of rye, 640 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 555 acres of buckwheat, 508 occupants of farms, 434 bushels of corn, 388 barrels of beef, 371 acres of barley, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 275 horses aged 3 years and under, 273 acres of potatoes, 241 acres of spring wheat, 147 bulls, oxen, or steers, 121 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 111 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 87 acres of rye, 57 acres of farmland in gardens, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 28 acres of corn, 26 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 25 bushels of turnips, 12 bushels of carrots, 8 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 10,563 yards of linen, $6,243 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,798 yards of flannel, 3,354 yards of fulled cloth, 161 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 9 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 43 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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 4 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: QC008008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043007_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462007
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cuthbert
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cuthbert

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. Cuthbert, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cuthbert-qc008008-1861/.