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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141873

St. Hyacinthe, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Hyacinthe, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,636. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.624°N, 72.972°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Hyacinthe, Parish had a population of 3,636: 1,810 male and 1,826 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. Hyacinthe, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,636 total population, 1,826 females, 1,810 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,735, Male members of the family who are present: 1,734, 1,192 single males, 1,189 single females, 581 married males, 553 married females, 481 adult males unable to read or write, 466 adult females unable to read or write, 366 males attending school, 361 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 91, 91 female births, 84 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 76, 73 male births, 37 widowed males, 4 blind males, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 260 males aged 5 to 10, 242 females aged 5 to 10, 222 single males aged 10 to 15, 201 single females aged 15 to 20, 196 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 153 married females aged 20 to 30, 148 married females aged 30 to 40, 148 married males aged 30 to 40, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 134 single females aged 20 to 30, 128 married males aged 40 to 50, 126 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 91 married males aged 50 to 60, 82 males aged 1 to 2, 82 married females aged 50 to 60, 74 females aged 1 to 2, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 64 females aged 2 to 3, 63 males aged 4 to 5, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 56 females age 3 to 4, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 males of unknown age, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,517 French Canadians, 70 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 36 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $796,865 value farms (dollars), $105,621 value all livestock, 73,582 bushels of oats, $48,752 value horses aged over 3 years, $37,680 value farm implements in dollars, 34,773 acres of land in farms, 29,932 bushels of potatoes, 29,911 pounds of homemade butter, 29,681 acres of farmland under cultivation, 24,248 pounds of maple sugar, 22,608 bushels of barley, 21,342 bushels of peas, 18,176 acres of farmland under crops, 12,741 bushels of spring wheat, 11,474 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,309 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,170 bushels of buckwheat, 5,779 acres of oats, 5,092 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,902 bushels of corn, 3,778 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,215 sheep, 3,058 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,317 bushels of carrots, 2,098 acres of peas, 1,718 tons of hay, 1,605 acres of barley, 1,532 acres of spring wheat, 1,468 milk cows, 1,235 calves and heifers, $1,188 value garden and orchard crops, 1,051 swine, 969 horses aged over 3 years, 687 barrels of pork, 569 acres of buckwheat, 509 acres of potatoes, 438 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 400 bushels of turnips, 392 horses aged 3 years and under, 383 occupants of farms, 235 barrels of beef, 215 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 211 acres of corn, 186 bulls, oxen, or steers, 142 bushels of rye, 135 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 88 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 71 bushels of beans, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of mangel wurtzel, 13 acres of rye, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $19,252 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,894 yards of linen, 4,418 yards of flannel, 3,954 yards of fulled cloth, $876 value carriages for hire (dollars), 818 carriages for pleasure, 117 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 2 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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. Hyacinthe, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-parish-qc050007-1861/.