St. Jean de Matha, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Jean de Matha was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,346. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462533. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.256°N, 73.563°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Jean de Matha had a population of 1,346: 667 male and 679 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. Félix, 1851 (62.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Jean de Matha shared boundaries with:

• Brandon
• Cathcart
• Joliette
• NO DATA
• St. Félix
• St. Gabriel
• Ste. Mélanie

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,346 total population, 679 females, 667 males, Female members of the family who are present: 660, Male members of the family who are present: 648, 471 single females, 437 single males, 222 married males, 195 married females, 192 adult males unable to read or write, 169 adult females unable to read or write, 62 females attending school, 56 males attending school, 25 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 19 female births, 13 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 125 males aged 5 to 10, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 115 females aged 5 to 10, 95 single males aged 10 to 15, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 74 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 females age 3 to 4, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,346 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $136,504 value farms (dollars), 31,421 pounds of maple sugar, 25,314 bushels of oats, 16,164 bushels of potatoes, 13,541 acres of land in farms, $11,255 value all livestock, $9,600 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,851 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,071 pounds of homemade butter, 5,690 acres of farmland under cultivation, $4,199 value farm implements in dollars, 3,875 acres of farmland under crops, 2,906 bushels of rye, 2,171 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,827 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,800 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,773 bushels of barley, 1,754 bushels of peas, 1,444 bushels of buckwheat, 1,171 acres of oats, 721 tons of hay, 718 sheep, 415 acres of potatoes, 398 swine, 382 bulls, oxen, or steers, 373 acres of rye, 350 milk cows, 303 calves and heifers, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $296 value garden and orchard crops, 261 bushels of turnips, 228 horses aged over 3 years, 213 acres of peas, 198 occupants of farms, 150 bushels of spring wheat, 146 barrels of pork, 141 acres of buckwheat, 139 acres of barley, 77 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 75 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 65 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 barrels of beef, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 acres of spring wheat, 19 bushels of corn, 15 acres of farmland in gardens, 15 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,951 yards of linen, $1,912 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,204 yards of flannel, 862 yards of fulled cloth, 168 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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: QC025011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC060011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462533
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha

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. Jean de Matha, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-de-matha-qc025011-1861/.