St. François, Quebec (1861 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 561. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.000°N, 70.836°W.

Population

In 1861, St. François had a population of 561: 293 male and 268 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. François shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean
• Ste. Famille

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 561 total population, 293 males, 268 females, Male members of the family who are present: 258, Female members of the family who are present: 243, 211 single males, 181 single females, 92 adult females unable to read or write, 72 adult males unable to read or write, 71 married males, 70 married females, 41 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 35, 28 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 17 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 6 male births, 5 female births, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 48 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 females aged 5 to 10, 39 single males aged 10 to 15, 38 males aged 5 to 10, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 single females aged 10 to 15, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 married males aged 30 to 40, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males of unknown age, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 20 to 30, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 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 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 544 French Canadians, 11 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $141,460 value farms (dollars), $16,115 value all livestock, 13,171 bushels of potatoes, 10,582 bushels of oats, 9,076 acres of land in farms, 7,105 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,762 pounds of homemade butter, $6,212 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,104 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,180 pounds of maple sugar, 3,254 bushels of rye, $2,310 value farm implements in dollars, 2,179 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,971 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,956 bushels of peas, 1,906 acres of farmland under crops, $1,660 value garden and orchard crops, 1,166 bushels of barley, 901 acres of oats, 823 bushels of turnips, 734 sheep, 688 tons of hay, 534 bushels of spring wheat, 487 pounds of flax or hemp, 452 bulls, oxen, or steers, 448 acres of rye, 385 calves and heifers, 280 acres of peas, 278 milk cows, 245 swine, 128 barrels of pork, 113 acres of potatoes, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 95 acres of farmland in gardens, 88 bushels of corn, 72 acres of spring wheat, 70 bushels of buckwheat, 69 occupants of farms, 54 acres of barley, 51 barrels of beef, 50 bushels of beans, 38 horses aged 3 years and under, 27 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 10 acres of buckwheat, 7 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of corn, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,146 yards of flannel, 886 yards of fulled cloth, 305 yards of linen, $70 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 11 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: QC036007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075007_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462178
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. François, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc036007-1861/.