St. Jean Deschaillons, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Jean Deschaillons was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,423. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3024305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.443°N, 71.963°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Jean Deschaillons had a population of 2,423: 1,233 male and 1,190 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 contained St. Jean Deschaillons, 1851 (91.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Blandford
• Lotbinière, VL
• Somerset, N
• Somerset, South and Augmentation
• St. Pierre
• Stanfold

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,423 total population, 1,233 males, 1,190 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,149, Female members of the family who are present: 1,091, 804 single males, 734 single females, 424 married females, 404 married males, 234 adult males unable to read or write, 184 males attending school, 158 adult females unable to read or write, 153 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 99, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, 34 male births, 32 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 24 female births, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 160 females aged 5 to 10, 159 males aged 5 to 10, 155 single males aged 10 to 15, 147 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 126 single males aged 20 to 30, 119 married males aged 30 to 40, 110 single males aged 15 to 20, 108 single females aged 15 to 20, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 40 to 50, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 females age 3 to 4, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married females aged 70 to 80, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 males of unknown age, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,410 French Canadians, 6 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $208,784 value farms (dollars), 31,728 bushels of oats, 27,563 pounds of homemade butter, $18,757 value all livestock, 17,757 bushels of potatoes, $15,332 value horses aged over 3 years, 15,171 acres of land in farms, 8,599 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,572 acres of farmland under cultivation, $6,300 value farm implements in dollars, 5,632 pounds of maple sugar, 5,055 bushels of spring wheat, 3,925 acres of farmland under crops, 2,884 bushels of peas, 2,813 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,635 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,429 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,212 bushels of buckwheat, 1,752 acres of oats, 1,392 sheep, 1,314 tons of hay, 1,147 bushels of barley, $1,070 value garden and orchard crops, 592 swine, 568 bulls, oxen, or steers, 546 calves and heifers, 497 barrels of pork, 474 acres of spring wheat, 461 milk cows, 357 bushels of turnips, 320 bushels of rye, 255 acres of peas, 254 horses aged over 3 years, 252 occupants of farms, 147 acres of buckwheat, 105 acres of potatoes, 99 barrels of beef, 95 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 92 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 86 acres of barley, 57 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 55 bushels of corn, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 acres of rye, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of winter wheat, 4 bushels of carrots, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 2 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,861 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,423 yards of linen, 1,809 yards of fulled cloth, 1,171 yards of flannel, 366 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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: QC030008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC171011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3024305

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 Deschaillons, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-deschaillons-qc030008-1861/.