St. Janvier, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Janvier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.712°N, 73.927°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Janvier had a population of 1,569: 767 male and 802 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. Janvier shared boundaries with:

• St. Augustin
• St. Jérôme
• St. Jérôme, Parish
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Scholastique, Parish
• Ste. Thérèse, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,569 total population, 802 females, Female members of the family who are present: 780, 767 males, Male members of the family who are present: 727, 533 single females, 505 single males, 243 married females, 242 married males, 209 adult males unable to read or write, 152 females attending school, 149 adult females unable to read or write, 145 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, 26 female births, 26 male births, 26 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 20 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 120 females aged 5 to 10, 100 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 single males aged 15 to 20, 96 males aged 5 to 10, 93 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 single females aged 15 to 20, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 single females aged 20 to 30, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 34 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 males of unknown age, 11 females of unknown age, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,569 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $284,212 value farms (dollars), $41,856 value all livestock, 34,253 bushels of oats, $30,046 value horses aged over 3 years, 25,668 pounds of homemade butter, 16,336 bushels of potatoes, 14,701 acres of land in farms, $12,990 value farm implements in dollars, 12,093 pounds of maple sugar, 9,005 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,696 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,153 bushels of peas, 4,514 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,478 acres of farmland under crops, 3,695 bushels of barley, 3,091 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,658 bushels of buckwheat, 2,530 acres of oats, 2,114 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,005 bushels of spring wheat, 1,116 sheep, 773 bulls, oxen, or steers, 729 tons of hay, 679 bushels of winter wheat, 616 milk cows, $569 value garden and orchard crops, 515 bushels of rye, 482 calves and heifers, 475 acres of peas, 441 swine, 393 horses aged over 3 years, 347 barrels of pork, 301 acres of barley, 252 acres of spring wheat, 249 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 225 acres of buckwheat, 222 acres of potatoes, 163 occupants of farms, 155 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 barrels of beef, 93 acres of winter wheat, 81 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 acres of rye, 44 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 bushels of carrots, 20 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 acres of farmland in gardens, 10 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,726 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,880 yards of fulled cloth, 2,578 yards of linen, 2,363 yards of flannel, 165 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females 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: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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

• TCP UID: QC055004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096009_1881_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. Janvier, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-janvier-qc055004-1861/.