St. David, Quebec (1861 census)

St. David was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,925. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.955°N, 72.808°W.

Population

In 1861, St. David had a population of 3,925: 1,970 male and 1,955 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Pie, 1871 (35.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. David, 1871 (64.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Aimé
• St. François
• St. Marcel
• St. Michel
• Upton

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,925 total population, 1,970 males, 1,955 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,865, Female members of the family who are present: 1,837, 1,357 single males, 1,345 single females, 593 adult males unable to read or write, 583 married males, 559 married females, 526 adult females unable to read or write, 163 females attending school, 133 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 118, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, 86 female births, 80 male births, 51 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 310 males aged 5 to 10, 278 females aged 5 to 10, 259 single males aged 10 to 15, 246 single females aged 10 to 15, 201 single males aged 15 to 20, 198 single females aged 15 to 20, 186 married females aged 30 to 40, 176 married males aged 30 to 40, 158 married females aged 20 to 30, 135 married males aged 20 to 30, 128 single females aged 20 to 30, 124 married males aged 40 to 50, 115 single males aged 20 to 30, 105 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 females aged 1 to 2, 85 females age 3 to 4, 83 females aged 2 to 3, 79 males aged 1 to 2, 78 males aged 3 to 4, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 75 females aged 4 to 5, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 71 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 males of unknown age, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 females of unknown age, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,876 French Canadians, 38 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 Indigenous persons, 10 negroes or coloured persons, 7 persons originating in the United States, 6 Indigenous males, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 Indigenous females, 4 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $531,008 value farms (dollars), $70,198 value all livestock, 44,967 bushels of oats, $37,006 value horses aged over 3 years, 30,077 acres of land in farms, 27,780 bushels of potatoes, 21,480 pounds of homemade butter, 20,973 pounds of maple sugar, 17,433 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $15,959 value farm implements in dollars, 14,916 bushels of spring wheat, 12,644 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,188 acres of farmland under crops, 7,242 bushels of peas, 5,682 bushels of buckwheat, 5,355 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,272 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,821 acres of oats, 2,594 bushels of barley, 2,351 sheep, 1,650 bushels of turnips, 1,583 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,572 bushels of rye, 1,547 acres of spring wheat, $1,399 value garden and orchard crops, 1,157 swine, 1,119 bulls, oxen, or steers, 993 milk cows, 840 tons of hay, 732 barrels of pork, 716 horses aged over 3 years, 715 acres of peas, 693 calves and heifers, 483 bushels of corn, 443 occupants of farms, 434 acres of buckwheat, 319 acres of potatoes, 267 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 222 barrels of beef, 206 acres of barley, 190 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 184 acres of farmland in gardens, 183 horses aged 3 years and under, 159 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 157 acres of rye, 69 bushels of beans, 68 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 64 bushels of carrots, 45 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 44 acres of corn, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 22 acres of turnips, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 pounds of hops, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,689 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,153 yards of linen, 3,999 yards of flannel, 3,947 yards of fulled cloth, 702 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC060003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC100005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462051
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. David, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-david-qc060003-1861/.