St. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Flavien, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,025. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912153. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.515°N, 71.575°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Flavien, VL had a population of 1,025: 533 male and 492 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. Flavien, VL shared boundaries with:

• Lotbinière, VL
• Nelson
• St. Apollinaire
• St. Gilles
• Ste. Agathe
• Ste. Croix and Convent

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,025 total population, 533 males, Male members of the family who are present: 506, 492 females, Female members of the family who are present: 467, 385 single males, 338 single females, 136 married females, 136 married males, 110 adult males unable to read or write, 98 males attending school, 94 adult females unable to read or write, 88 females attending school, 36 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, 27 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 18 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 75 males aged 5 to 10, 68 females aged 5 to 10, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 59 single females aged 15 to 20, 58 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 10 to 15, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 married males aged 30 to 40, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 994 French Canadians, 18 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $105,175 value farms (dollars), 14,710 pounds of homemade butter, 14,481 bushels of oats, 13,667 acres of land in farms, $12,630 value all livestock, 10,737 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,331 bushels of potatoes, $4,382 value horses aged over 3 years, $3,851 value farm implements in dollars, 2,930 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,536 bushels of spring wheat, 1,644 acres of farmland under crops, 1,311 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,251 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,175 pounds of maple sugar, 1,074 pounds of flax or hemp, 852 bushels of peas, 682 bushels of barley, 632 acres of oats, 598 bushels of rye, 495 sheep, $367 value garden and orchard crops, 363 tons of hay, 339 bushels of buckwheat, 310 swine, 253 acres of spring wheat, 243 milk cows, 212 calves and heifers, 140 occupants of farms, 118 acres of potatoes, 104 horses aged over 3 years, 102 bulls, oxen, or steers, 98 barrels of pork, 94 acres of peas, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 59 acres of barley, 56 acres of rye, 52 barrels of beef, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of farmland in gardens, 25 acres of buckwheat, 12 bushels of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of corn, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,729 yards of linen, $1,554 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 917 yards of fulled cloth, 617 yards of flannel, 58 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: QC030006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912153

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. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-flavien-vl-qc030006-1861/.