St. Jérôme, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Jérôme, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 705. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141724. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.781°N, 74.002°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Jérôme, Village had a population of 705: 344 male and 361 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 St. Jérôme, 1851 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Jérôme, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Jérôme, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 705 total population, 361 females, 344 males, Male members of the family who are present: 301, Female members of the family who are present: 292, 232 single females, 230 single males, 108 married males, 107 married females, 72 adult males unable to read or write, 71 males attending school, 70 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, 61 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 43, 22 widowed females, 12 male births, 9 female births, 6 widowed males, 2 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 56 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 males aged 5 to 10, 50 females aged 5 to 10, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 691 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $529,669 value farms (dollars), 64,051 bushels of oats, 44,369 acres of land in farms, 43,862 bushels of potatoes, 37,245 pounds of maple sugar, 25,475 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,894 acres of farmland under cultivation, $15,413 value farm implements in dollars, 11,417 acres of farmland under crops, $8,647 value all livestock, 7,394 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,094 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,668 bushels of buckwheat, 5,069 bushels of barley, 4,803 acres of oats, 4,296 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,073 bushels of peas, 3,539 bushels of spring wheat, $2,685 value garden and orchard crops, 2,127 tons of hay, 1,334 bushels of rye, 835 bushels of turnips, 603 occupants of farms, 573 bushels of winter wheat, 534 acres of potatoes, 503 acres of barley, 496 acres of buckwheat, 488 acres of peas, 476 bushels of carrots, 434 acres of spring wheat, 314 bushels of corn, 237 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 176 acres of rye, 132 milk cows, 129 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 sheep, 105 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 99 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 84 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 83 acres of farmland in gardens, 83 horses aged over 3 years, 79 acres of winter wheat, 76 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 60 swine, 34 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 30 gallons of cider, 26 bushels of beans, 19 acres of corn, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 7 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,416 yards of fulled cloth, 3,955 yards of flannel, $3,774 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,563 yards of linen, $823 value carriages for hire (dollars), 150 carriages for pleasure, 78 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 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: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC055005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141724

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, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-village-qc055005-1861/.