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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Germain, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Germain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.419°N, 68.518°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Germain had a population of 3,550: 1,752 male and 1,798 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,550 total population, 1,798 females, 1,752 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,700, Male members of the family who are present: 1,644, 1,267 single females, 1,225 single males, 624 adult females unable to read or write, 623 adult males unable to read or write, 473 married males, 472 married females, 202 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 108, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, 78 females attending school, 61 female births, 59 widowed females, 54 male births, 54 widowed males, 2 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 245 females aged 5 to 10, 230 males aged 5 to 10, 224 single females aged 10 to 15, 205 single males aged 10 to 15, 199 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 single females aged 15 to 20, 185 single females aged 20 to 30, 178 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married males aged 30 to 40, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 106 married females aged 40 to 50, 105 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 females aged 2 to 3, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 62 males aged 2 to 3, 62 males aged 4 to 5, 62 single females aged 30 to 40, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 47 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 single females aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 single males aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 50 to 60, 18 single males aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,495 French Canadians, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $422,694 value farms (dollars), 48,740 bushels of potatoes, 41,007 acres of land in farms, $39,796 value all livestock, 38,370 pounds of homemade butter, 33,807 pounds of maple sugar, $31,639 value horses aged over 3 years, 25,255 acres of farmland under cultivation, 20,359 acres of farmland under crops, 15,752 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,469 bushels of spring wheat, 12,612 bushels of oats, $10,133 value farm implements in dollars, 8,579 bushels of peas, 7,293 bushels of rye, 6,466 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,230 bushels of barley, 4,858 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,786 sheep, $2,070 value garden and orchard crops, 2,001 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,762 tons of hay, 1,587 acres of spring wheat, 944 bulls, oxen, or steers, 895 swine, 861 acres of peas, 851 acres of rye, 847 milk cows, 787 acres of oats, 638 barrels of pork, 592 calves and heifers, 496 acres of barley, 484 barrels of beef, 466 acres of potatoes, 459 horses aged over 3 years, 290 bushels of turnips, 252 occupants of farms, 134 bushels of buckwheat, 129 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 acres of turnips, 96 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 84 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 63 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of carrots, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,476 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,213 yards of flannel, 4,650 yards of fulled cloth, 2,066 yards of linen, 496 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 4,039 pounds of fresh fish sold, 1,629 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 14 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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. Germain, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-germain-qc045011-1861/.