St. Jerusalem, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Jerusalem was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,784. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.667°N, 74.281°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Jerusalem had a population of 1,784: 919 male and 865 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 Lachute, T-V, 1851 (87.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Jerusalem shared boundaries with:

• Chatham
• Gore
• St. Andrews
• St. Colomban
• St. Hermas

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,784 total population, 919 males, 865 females, Male members of the family who are present: 818, Female members of the family who are present: 778, 634 single males, 570 single females, 287 married females, 282 married males, 112 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 101, 96 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 87, 34 male births, 28 female births, 8 widowed females, 4 adult males unable to read or write, 3 widowed males, 2 adult females unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 138 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 males aged 5 to 10, 131 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 single males aged 15 to 20, 109 females aged 5 to 10, 104 single females aged 10 to 15, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 single females aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 females age 3 to 4, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,155 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 205 French Canadians, 194 persons originating in Scotland, 147 persons originating in Ireland, 63 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $289,680 value farms (dollars), 75,170 pounds of homemade butter, $66,000 value all livestock, 56,288 bushels of oats, 37,960 bushels of potatoes, 27,937 acres of land in farms, $23,572 value farm implements in dollars, $23,505 value horses aged over 3 years, 14,276 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,661 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,174 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,656 bushels of carrots, 6,610 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,115 pounds of maple sugar, 4,784 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,501 bushels of buckwheat, 4,482 acres of farmland under crops, 3,700 bushels of turnips, 2,945 acres of oats, 2,872 bushels of peas, 2,416 bushels of spring wheat, 2,023 tons of hay, 1,911 bushels of barley, 1,484 bushels of rye, 1,285 sheep, 1,169 milk cows, 1,015 bushels of corn, 768 barrels of pork, 736 swine, 628 calves and heifers, 453 horses aged over 3 years, 440 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 417 barrels of beef, 411 acres of potatoes, 293 acres of buckwheat, 242 acres of peas, 221 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 220 acres of spring wheat, 197 occupants of farms, 173 horses aged 3 years and under, 140 acres of barley, 135 acres of rye, 133 pounds of flax or hemp, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 54 acres of corn, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 47 pounds of hops, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 37 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 21 acres of turnips, 5 acres of farmland in gardens, 5 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of winter wheat, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,839 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,928 yards of flannel, 1,822 yards of fulled cloth, 131 carriages for pleasure, $40 value carriages for hire (dollars), 22 yards of linen, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC002009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037012 — 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. Jerusalem, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jerusalem-qc002009-1861/.