St. Denis and Augmentation, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Denis and Augmentation was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 540. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.930°N, 66.935°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Denis and Augmentation had a population of 540.
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Denis, Township, 1851 (6.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cherbourg, 1871 (93.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Denis and Augmentation shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 540 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 496 French Canadians, 44 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $40,120 value farms (dollars), 14,110 pounds of maple sugar, 12,345 acres of land in farms, 9,495 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $8,193 value all livestock, 7,547 bushels of potatoes, $4,554 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,850 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,217 bushels of barley, 1,999 bushels of rye, 1,766 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,350 bushels of spring wheat, 1,084 acres of farmland under crops, 1,012 bushels of oats, 761 bushels of peas, 590 pounds of homemade butter, $558 value farm implements in dollars, 518 pounds of wool produced on farms, 358 sheep, 246 acres of barley, 230 acres of rye, 176 swine, 154 acres of spring wheat, 111 occupants of farms, 97 acres of peas, 94 acres of oats, 94 milk cows, 92 bulls, oxen, or steers, 88 pounds of flax or hemp, 83 acres of potatoes, 77 tons of hay, 74 horses aged over 3 years, 71 calves and heifers, 65 barrels of pork, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 gallons of cider, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 491 yards of fulled cloth, 438 yards of flannel, $118 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 90 yards of linen, 10 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 196,636 pounds of fresh fish sold, 76 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 55 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC045008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045008— 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. Denis and Augmentation, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-denis-and-augmentation-qc045008-1861/.