St. Irénée, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Irénée was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 998. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.582°N, 70.239°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Irénée had a population of 998: 497 male and 501 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Les Eboulements
• Settrington
• St. Etienne (Murray Bay)
• Ste. Agnès

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 998 total population, 501 females, 497 males, Male members of the family who are present: 472, Female members of the family who are present: 461, 330 single females, 324 single males, 164 married males, 163 married females, 128 adult males unable to read or write, 118 adult females unable to read or write, 81 males attending school, 69 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 40, 26 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 25, 25 male births, 9 widowed males, 8 widowed females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 65 single males aged 10 to 15, 60 females aged 5 to 10, 55 single females aged 15 to 20, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 52 males aged 5 to 10, 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 995 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $111,895 value farms (dollars), $22,648 value all livestock, 14,435 bushels of potatoes, 13,050 acres of land in farms, 9,729 bushels of spring wheat, $8,810 value horses aged over 3 years, 6,748 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,302 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,633 pounds of homemade butter, 4,831 bushels of oats, $4,597 value farm implements in dollars, 3,815 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,447 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,824 acres of farmland under crops, 2,321 bushels of barley, 1,644 bushels of peas, 1,395 sheep, 1,385 acres of spring wheat, 1,350 bushels of rye, 1,062 pounds of flax or hemp, $797 value garden and orchard crops, 526 bulls, oxen, or steers, 420 acres of oats, 405 tons of hay, 362 calves and heifers, 292 milk cows, 275 swine, 219 acres of peas, 179 acres of rye, 160 horses aged over 3 years, 151 barrels of pork, 140 acres of barley, 130 acres of potatoes, 96 occupants of farms, 64 bushels of buckwheat, 50 horses aged 3 years and under, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 barrels of beef, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,389 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,360 yards of fulled cloth, 1,278 yards of flannel, 1,145 yards of linen, 187 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC013011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912301

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. Irénée, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ir-n-e-qc013011-1861/.