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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462113

St. Elzéar, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Elzéar was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,305. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462113. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 71.067°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Elzéar had a population of 2,305: 1,189 male and 1,116 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,305
18712,129
18811,500
18911,247
19011,235
19111,175
19211,128

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. Elzéar shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,305 total population, 1,189 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,138, 1,116 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,074, 822 single males, 740 single females, 669 adult males unable to read or write, 431 adult females unable to read or write, 350 married females, 348 married males, 159 females attending school, 126 males attending school, 64 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 50, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 37 female births, 26 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 175 males aged 5 to 10, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 159 single males aged 10 to 15, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 154 single females aged 10 to 15, 144 females aged 5 to 10, 107 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 39 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,189 French Canadians, 86 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 27 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $477,425 value farms (dollars), 296,570 pounds of maple sugar, $107,343 value all livestock, $91,345 value horses aged over 3 years, 80,210 bushels of oats, 49,030 acres of land in farms, 48,742 pounds of homemade butter, 29,023 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $27,293 value farm implements in dollars, 26,471 bushels of potatoes, 20,007 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,759 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,024 acres of farmland under crops, 8,910 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,150 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,855 bushels of barley, 4,823 acres of oats, 4,791 tons of hay, 4,776 sheep, 3,377 bushels of peas, $3,000 value garden and orchard crops, 1,830 milk cows, 1,243 calves and heifers, 1,087 swine, 752 bushels of spring wheat, 668 bulls, oxen, or steers, 591 barrels of pork, 519 horses aged over 3 years, 424 acres of peas, 419 occupants of farms, 349 bushels of rye, 328 acres of barley, 184 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 145 acres of potatoes, 115 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 77 barrels of beef, 73 acres of farmland in gardens, 69 acres of spring wheat, 60 bushels of turnips, 59 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 acres of rye, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 bushels of carrots, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,746 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,992 yards of flannel, 7,884 yards of linen, 5,491 yards of fulled cloth, 696 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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. Elzéar, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-elz-ar-qc005012-1861/.