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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462181

St. François, Quebec (1861 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,312. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462181. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.058°N, 72.857°W.

Population

In 1861, St. François had a population of 2,312: 1,152 male and 1,160 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,312
18712,329
18812,331
18912,255

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,312 total population, 1,160 females, 1,152 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,079, Female members of the family who are present: 1,076, 791 single males, 784 single females, 345 married males, 340 married females, 334 adult males unable to read or write, 251 adult females unable to read or write, 183 males attending school, 166 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, Males present who are not members of the family: 73, 50 male births, 49 female births, 36 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 189 males aged 5 to 10, 159 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 females aged 5 to 10, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 single males aged 15 to 20, 105 married females aged 30 to 40, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 91 single males aged 20 to 30, 85 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 43 females age 3 to 4, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 31 males of unknown age, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 females of unknown age, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,264 French Canadians, 42 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $385,857 value farms (dollars), $47,657 value all livestock, 44,439 bushels of oats, 27,840 pounds of maple sugar, 26,184 bushels of potatoes, $25,913 value farm implements in dollars, 22,364 acres of land in farms, $19,645 value horses aged over 3 years, 18,666 pounds of homemade butter, 13,729 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,635 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,144 bushels of spring wheat, 6,570 acres of farmland under crops, 5,963 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,213 bushels of buckwheat, 4,310 bushels of rye, 4,109 bushels of peas, 3,538 pounds of wool produced on farms, $3,157 value garden and orchard crops, 2,372 acres of oats, 2,006 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,983 tons of hay, 1,956 sheep, 1,071 bushels of corn, 951 bushels of barley, 857 swine, 851 bulls, oxen, or steers, 834 bushels of turnips, 750 milk cows, 703 calves and heifers, 676 acres of spring wheat, 470 barrels of pork, 451 horses aged over 3 years, 409 acres of buckwheat, 393 acres of rye, 326 acres of peas, 303 occupants of farms, 205 acres of potatoes, 155 barrels of beef, 151 bushels of beans, 138 horses aged 3 years and under, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 71 acres of corn, 63 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 59 acres of farmland in gardens, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 acres of barley, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of carrots, 5 pounds of hops, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,966 yards of linen, $6,901 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,680 yards of flannel, 2,344 yards of fulled cloth, 487 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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. François, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc060004-1861/.