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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Gabriel, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Gabriel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,350. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.318°N, 73.422°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Gabriel had a population of 3,350: 1,686 male and 1,664 female residents.

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. Gabriel shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,350 total population, 1,686 males, 1,664 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,634, Female members of the family who are present: 1,613, 1,126 single females, 1,106 single males, 550 married males, 499 married females, 344 adult males unable to read or write, 340 males attending school, 323 adult females unable to read or write, 240 females attending school, 74 female births, 74 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, Females present who are not members of the family: 51, 39 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 237 females aged 5 to 10, 235 males aged 5 to 10, 207 single females aged 10 to 15, 198 single males aged 10 to 15, 191 single males aged 15 to 20, 185 married females aged 20 to 30, 175 married males aged 20 to 30, 155 single females aged 20 to 30, 152 single females aged 15 to 20, 151 married males aged 30 to 40, 117 married females aged 30 to 40, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 94 married males aged 40 to 50, 91 females aged 1 to 2, 86 males aged 1 to 2, 80 females aged 2 to 3, 75 males aged 2 to 3, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 females age 3 to 4, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 49 females aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,158 French Canadians, 180 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 3 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 $301,067 value farms (dollars), 61,235 bushels of oats, 54,008 pounds of maple sugar, $53,086 value all livestock, 47,408 acres of land in farms, 39,900 bushels of potatoes, 32,950 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $26,952 value horses aged over 3 years, 19,601 pounds of homemade butter, 14,458 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,287 acres of farmland under crops, $8,642 value farm implements in dollars, 7,630 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,381 bushels of peas, 5,389 bushels of buckwheat, 5,275 bushels of rye, 4,169 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,164 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,440 acres of oats, 2,889 bushels of barley, 1,784 sheep, 1,692 tons of hay, 1,402 bushels of spring wheat, 1,062 bulls, oxen, or steers, 993 swine, 829 calves and heifers, 810 acres of peas, 809 milk cows, 640 acres of rye, 613 barrels of pork, 576 acres of buckwheat, 559 bushels of turnips, 528 occupants of farms, 518 horses aged over 3 years, 420 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 377 acres of potatoes, 245 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 236 acres of barley, 214 barrels of beef, 163 acres of spring wheat, 160 bushels of winter wheat, 149 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 147 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, $50 value garden and orchard crops, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 bushels of corn, 25 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 24 bushels of carrots, 16 acres of winter wheat, 14 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 8,642 yards of linen, $4,557 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,835 yards of flannel, 2,682 yards of fulled cloth, 427 carriages for pleasure, 23 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 10 pounds of fresh fish sold, 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 43 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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.

NameLifespanConnection
Albert Laurendeau1857–1920born here

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. Gabriel, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-qc008009-1861/.