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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Ignace, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.346°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Ignace had a population of 2,939: 1,495 male and 1,444 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. Ignace shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,939 total population, 1,495 males, 1,444 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,418, Female members of the family who are present: 1,366, 1,026 single males, 945 single females, 440 married males, 433 married females, 344 males attending school, 340 adult males unable to read or write, 304 females attending school, 251 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 78, Males present who are not members of the family: 77, 66 widowed females, 55 male births, 48 female births, 29 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 233 males aged 5 to 10, 228 females aged 5 to 10, 192 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 single males aged 20 to 30, 168 single females aged 10 to 15, 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 single males aged 15 to 20, 132 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 married males aged 30 to 40, 115 single females aged 20 to 30, 96 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 married females aged 50 to 60, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 60 to 70, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females age 3 to 4, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 males of unknown age, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,939 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $473,720 value farms (dollars), 67,650 pounds of homemade butter, $61,439 value all livestock, 56,945 pounds of maple sugar, 53,829 bushels of potatoes, 37,483 bushels of oats, 30,816 acres of land in farms, $26,553 value horses aged over 3 years, $18,438 value farm implements in dollars, 18,056 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,760 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,305 bushels of spring wheat, 7,990 acres of farmland under crops, 5,643 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,474 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,669 tons of hay, $3,244 value garden and orchard crops, 3,093 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,671 bushels of rye, 2,030 acres of oats, 1,529 sheep, 1,174 milk cows, 996 barrels of pork, 955 acres of spring wheat, 945 swine, 869 bushels of barley, 760 bushels of peas, 664 calves and heifers, 452 horses aged over 3 years, 325 acres of rye, 311 acres of potatoes, 296 acres of farmland in gardens, 279 occupants of farms, 270 barrels of beef, 218 bushels of turnips, 168 bulls, oxen, or steers, 106 acres of peas, 85 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 79 acres of barley, 77 horses aged 3 years and under, 75 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 69 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 66 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 bushels of winter wheat, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,659 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,991 yards of linen, 3,744 yards of flannel, 3,593 yards of fulled cloth, 344 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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. Ignace, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ignace-qc035010-1861/.