St. Hubert, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Hubert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,157. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.487°N, 73.396°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Hubert had a population of 1,157: 589 male and 568 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Longueuil (part), 1851 (52.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Boucherville
• Chambly, Parish
• Laprairie, Parish
• Longueuil, Parish
• St. Bruno

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,157 total population, 589 males, 568 females, Male members of the family who are present: 522, Female members of the family who are present: 495, 435 single males, 415 single females, 135 married males, 124 married females, 116 adult males unable to read or write, 112 females attending school, 100 adult females unable to read or write, 98 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, Males present who are not members of the family: 67, 19 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 10 female births, 5 male births, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 73 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 70 males aged 5 to 10, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 36 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 19 females of unknown age, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males of unknown age, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,125 French Canadians, 16 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 2 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 $804,357 value farms (dollars), $80,198 value all livestock, 52,895 bushels of oats, 40,454 pounds of homemade butter, $39,113 value horses aged over 3 years, $24,925 value farm implements in dollars, 19,643 acres of land in farms, 16,570 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,302 bushels of peas, 13,350 acres of farmland under crops, 13,257 bushels of barley, 10,015 bushels of potatoes, 4,572 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,100 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,073 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,013 tons of hay, 2,751 acres of oats, 2,673 bushels of buckwheat, 1,973 bushels of spring wheat, $1,474 value garden and orchard crops, 1,278 sheep, 1,240 acres of peas, 770 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 756 acres of barley, 710 pounds of flax or hemp, 673 milk cows, 587 swine, 583 horses aged over 3 years, 437 barrels of pork, 361 acres of buckwheat, 361 bushels of corn, 303 calves and heifers, 290 horses aged 3 years and under, 186 acres of spring wheat, 179 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 122 occupants of farms, 120 acres of farmland in gardens, 91 acres of potatoes, 59 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 51 bulls, oxen, or steers, 30 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 bushels of carrots, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17 acres of corn, 9 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,203 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,612 yards of fulled cloth, 1,191 yards of flannel, 462 yards of linen, 409 carriages for pleasure, 7 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: QC011008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC046006_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912286

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. Hubert, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hubert-qc011008-1861/.