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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462609

St. Joseph du Lac, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Joseph du Lac 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 Q3462609. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.532°N, 74.004°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Joseph du Lac had a population of 1,346: 669 male and 677 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Joseph du Lac shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,346 total population, 677 females, Female members of the family who are present: 671, 669 males, Male members of the family who are present: 657, 457 single females, 451 single males, 208 married females, 208 married males, 184 adult males unable to read or write, 117 males attending school, 91 females attending school, 60 adult females unable to read or write, 37 female births, 22 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 12, 12 widowed females, 10 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, 3 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 113 males aged 5 to 10, 109 females aged 5 to 10, 93 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 single males aged 10 to 15, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 married females aged 30 to 40, 57 single females aged 15 to 20, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,294 French Canadians, 39 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $223,320 value farms (dollars), $31,101 value all livestock, 18,015 pounds of homemade butter, 17,730 pounds of maple sugar, 17,362 bushels of oats, 14,722 bushels of potatoes, $13,693 value horses aged over 3 years, $11,265 value farm implements in dollars, 8,205 acres of land in farms, 6,386 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,551 bushels of spring wheat, $4,529 value garden and orchard crops, 3,679 bushels of barley, 3,559 acres of farmland under crops, 2,918 bushels of buckwheat, 2,648 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,111 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,020 bushels of peas, 1,819 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,124 acres of oats, 1,006 bushels of corn, 876 bushels of rye, 768 sheep, 660 pounds of flax or hemp, 580 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 495 tons of hay, 470 bushels of carrots, 406 milk cows, 390 bulls, oxen, or steers, 371 acres of spring wheat, 330 swine, 289 horses aged over 3 years, 234 acres of barley, 204 barrels of pork, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 200 occupants of farms, 186 acres of peas, 185 acres of buckwheat, 185 acres of potatoes, 184 calves and heifers, 179 acres of farmland in gardens, 158 bushels of winter wheat, 103 acres of rye, 101 horses aged 3 years and under, 96 barrels of beef, 88 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 bushels of turnips, 41 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 38 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 37 acres of corn, 22 acres of winter wheat, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,624 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,072 yards of flannel, 1,046 yards of fulled cloth, 179 carriages for pleasure, 149 yards of linen, $10 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 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: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 du Lac, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-du-lac-qc056009-1861/.