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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,014. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.786°N, 71.085°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent had a population of 3,014: 1,493 male and 1,521 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,014 total population, 1,521 females, 1,493 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,433, Female members of the family who are present: 1,423, 969 single males, 967 single females, 496 married females, 489 married males, 357 adult males unable to read or write, 337 adult females unable to read or write, 218 males attending school, 212 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, Males present who are not members of the family: 60, 58 widowed females, 52 male births, 44 female births, 35 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 233 males aged 5 to 10, 215 single females aged 10 to 15, 210 females aged 5 to 10, 200 single females aged 15 to 20, 164 married females aged 20 to 30, 159 single males aged 15 to 20, 155 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 single males aged 10 to 15, 143 married males aged 30 to 40, 133 married females aged 30 to 40, 111 single females aged 20 to 30, 101 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 41 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 39 married females aged 60 to 70, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,688 French Canadians, 215 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 88 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $459,460 value farms (dollars), $49,525 value all livestock, 37,752 pounds of homemade butter, 30,536 bushels of oats, 24,018 bushels of potatoes, 16,748 acres of land in farms, $15,778 value horses aged over 3 years, $12,659 value farm implements in dollars, 10,113 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,931 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 6,635 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,835 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,761 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,292 acres of farmland under crops, $2,725 value garden and orchard crops, 2,566 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,314 tons of hay, 2,234 bushels of turnips, 1,908 acres of oats, 1,199 bushels of peas, 805 bulls, oxen, or steers, 775 sheep, 766 bushels of rye, 669 milk cows, 561 swine, 451 bushels of spring wheat, 350 bushels of barley, 311 calves and heifers, 300 pounds of maple sugar, 250 horses aged over 3 years, 234 barrels of pork, 214 acres of potatoes, 159 occupants of farms, 149 bushels of buckwheat, 134 acres of peas, 90 acres of rye, 75 bushels of beans, 64 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 acres of farmland in gardens, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 52 bushels of carrots, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 acres of spring wheat, 33 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 25 acres of barley, 22 pounds of hops, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 acres of turnips, 11 acres of buckwheat, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 bushels of corn, 7 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,856 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $2,365 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2,306 yards of flannel, 1,990 yards of fulled cloth, 1,599 yards of linen, 400 carriages for pleasure, 67 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 14, 8 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: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-la-pointe-l-vis-and-convent-qc029002-1861/.