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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462088

St. Didace, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Didace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,654. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.351°N, 73.231°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Didace had a population of 1,654: 856 male and 798 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851689
18611,654
18712,055
18812,403
18911,954
19011,499
19111,463
19211,050

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,654 total population, 856 males, Male members of the family who are present: 800, 798 females, Female members of the family who are present: 728, 623 single males, 559 single females, 222 married males, 220 married females, 202 adult males unable to read or write, 168 adult females unable to read or write, 95 females attending school, 83 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, 19 widowed females, 17 female births, 13 male births, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 171 single males aged 15 to 20, 141 single females aged 20 to 30, 107 single males aged 20 to 30, 98 females aged 5 to 10, 97 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 92 males aged 5 to 10, 83 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 49 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 single females aged 30 to 40, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 females age 3 to 4, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,647 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $130,516 value farms (dollars), 30,143 pounds of maple sugar, 25,254 bushels of oats, $21,341 value all livestock, 20,794 bushels of potatoes, 19,274 acres of land in farms, 14,167 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $12,035 value horses aged over 3 years, 6,920 pounds of homemade butter, $6,172 value farm implements in dollars, 5,190 bushels of buckwheat, 5,107 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,547 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,462 acres of farmland under crops, 1,821 bushels of peas, 1,763 bushels of rye, 1,631 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,482 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,399 acres of oats, 1,054 bushels of turnips, 913 bushels of barley, 729 bushels of spring wheat, 662 sheep, 541 tons of hay, 477 acres of buckwheat, 459 bulls, oxen, or steers, 443 swine, 298 milk cows, 292 calves and heifers, $291 value garden and orchard crops, 261 acres of potatoes, 256 acres of peas, 244 occupants of farms, 230 barrels of pork, 221 horses aged over 3 years, 213 acres of rye, 113 barrels of beef, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 90 acres of barley, 74 acres of spring wheat, 61 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 26 bushels of corn, 19 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of farmland in gardens, 11 bushels of carrots, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 acres of corn, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,219 yards of linen, $2,247 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,508 yards of flannel, 918 yards of fulled cloth, 138 carriages for pleasure, $32 value carriages for hire (dollars), 3 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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. Didace, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-didace-qc031004-1861/.