St. Jérôme, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 562. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.819°N, 74.208°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Jérôme had a population of 562: 303 male and 259 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Jérôme, 1851 (20.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Jérôme shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 112 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 562 total population, 303 males, Male members of the family who are present: 296, 259 females, Female members of the family who are present: 254, 212 single males, 167 single females, 87 married females, 87 married males, 41 females attending school, 37 males attending school, 14 male births, 12 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 7, 6 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, 5 adult males unable to read or write, 5 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 66 males aged 5 to 10, 45 single males aged 10 to 15, 44 females aged 5 to 10, 36 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 single females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 single males aged 20 to 30, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 6 females age 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 382 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 161 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $31,836 value farms (dollars), 18,685 pounds of homemade butter, $14,820 value all livestock, 13,366 bushels of potatoes, 12,786 acres of land in farms, 11,125 bushels of oats, 9,236 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $5,005 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,550 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,925 acres of farmland under crops, $1,801 value farm implements in dollars, 1,748 bushels of turnips, 1,624 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,596 bushels of buckwheat, 1,230 pounds of maple sugar, 1,039 pounds of wool produced on farms, 514 acres of oats, 467 tons of hay, 373 sheep, 347 bushels of barley, 263 milk cows, 243 bulls, oxen, or steers, 176 swine, 170 bushels of spring wheat, 148 acres of potatoes, 145 barrels of pork, 113 bushels of carrots, 92 acres of buckwheat, 91 horses aged over 3 years, 80 barrels of beef, 74 bushels of peas, 50 occupants of farms, 31 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, $20 value garden and orchard crops, 19 acres of barley, 19 acres of turnips, 14 acres of spring wheat, 10 pounds of flax or hemp, 9 acres of peas, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,386 yards of flannel, 545 yards of fulled cloth, $34 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC002011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC002011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912399
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. Jérôme, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc002011-1861/.