St. Jean, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 348. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.175°N, 70.089°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Jean had a population of 348: 1,035 male and 726 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jean, 1871 (36.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Jean shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 95 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,035 males, 726 females, 726 single males, 494 single females, 348 total population, 296 married males, 215 married females, 191 adult males unable to read or write, 57 adult females unable to read or write, 18 females attending school, 18 males attending school, 17 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 137 males aged 5 to 10, 123 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 single females aged 10 to 15, 81 females of unknown age, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 males of unknown age, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 348 French Canadians, 81 Indigenous females, 69 Indigenous males, 26 Indigenous persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $18,200 value farms (dollars), 6,030 acres of land in farms, 5,249 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $4,582 value all livestock, $3,750 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,648 bushels of potatoes, $1,326 value farm implements in dollars, 1,140 bushels of rye, 819 pounds of homemade butter, 781 acres of farmland under cultivation, 710 bushels of barley, 629 bushels of spring wheat, 465 bushels of peas, 465 pounds of wool produced on farms, 455 bushels of oats, 430 acres of farmland in pasture, 349 acres of farmland under crops, 179 sheep, 103 acres of rye, 71 swine, 69 acres of spring wheat, 66 milk cows, 64 tons of hay, 58 acres of barley, 50 calves and heifers, 48 occupants of farms, 41 acres of peas, 39 horses aged over 3 years, 39 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 barrels of pork, 31 acres of oats, 26 barrels of beef, 15 acres of potatoes, 13 bulls, oxen, or steers, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 447 yards of flannel, 140 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC015018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC015018— 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. Jean, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc015018-1861/.