St. Féréol, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Féréol was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 882. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462149. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.137°N, 70.864°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Féréol had a population of 882: 466 male and 416 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. Féréol shared boundaries with:

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• St. Joachim
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 882 total population, 466 males, Male members of the family who are present: 451, 416 females, Female members of the family who are present: 400, 299 single males, 262 single females, 156 married males, 142 married females, 125 adult males unable to read or write, 105 males attending school, 84 females attending school, 70 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, Males present who are not members of the family: 15, 15 male births, 12 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 10 female births, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 75 females aged 5 to 10, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 males aged 5 to 10, 58 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 single females aged 15 to 20, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 30 to 40, 35 married females aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 882 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $88,908 value farms (dollars), 29,210 pounds of maple sugar, 22,510 pounds of homemade butter, 15,296 acres of land in farms, $13,344 value all livestock, 12,760 bushels of oats, 11,440 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,958 bushels of potatoes, $5,538 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,856 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,995 bushels of rye, $2,600 value farm implements in dollars, 2,380 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,475 acres of farmland under crops, 1,366 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,070 bushels of barley, 1,057 pounds of wool produced on farms, 874 bushels of spring wheat, 815 acres of oats, 477 sheep, 248 milk cows, 244 calves and heifers, 228 acres of rye, 210 tons of hay, 204 swine, 156 occupants of farms, 152 barrels of pork, 148 bulls, oxen, or steers, 118 acres of potatoes, 114 bushels of peas, 113 horses aged over 3 years, 84 acres of barley, 78 acres of spring wheat, 51 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 barrels of beef, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 acres of peas, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,625 yards of linen, 773 yards of fulled cloth, 585 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, 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 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC036006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075006_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462149
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ferr%C3%A9ol-les-Neiges
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ferr%C3%A9ol-les-Neiges

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. Féréol, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-r-ol-qc036006-1861/.