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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141613

St. Joseph, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,079. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.323°N, 70.864°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Joseph had a population of 3,079: 1,544 male and 1,535 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18613,079
18712,981

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,079 total population, 1,544 males, 1,535 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,486, Male members of the family who are present: 1,484, 1,030 single males, 1,029 single females, 519 adult males unable to read or write, 480 married males, 464 married females, 461 adult females unable to read or write, 228 males attending school, 223 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 70, 61 male births, 60 female births, 42 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 34 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 217 females aged 5 to 10, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 179 single females aged 10 to 15, 179 single females aged 15 to 20, 166 single males aged 15 to 20, 144 single males aged 20 to 30, 143 married females aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 married males aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 females aged 1 to 2, 69 females aged 4 to 5, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 62 males aged 4 to 5, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 1 to 2, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 47 females age 3 to 4, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married females aged 60 to 70, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,033 French Canadians, 30 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $327,205 value farms (dollars), $62,174 value all livestock, 49,608 pounds of maple sugar, 34,543 pounds of homemade butter, 28,885 acres of land in farms, $22,136 value horses aged over 3 years, 20,561 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,458 bushels of potatoes, 17,331 bushels of oats, 13,369 acres of farmland under crops, $10,316 value farm implements in dollars, 8,324 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,103 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,971 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,620 bushels of barley, 4,445 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,698 acres of oats, 3,154 bushels of peas, 2,770 bushels of spring wheat, 2,624 sheep, 2,495 tons of hay, 1,429 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,344 bushels of buckwheat, $1,241 value garden and orchard crops, 1,075 milk cows, 999 swine, 763 barrels of pork, 418 acres of peas, 364 acres of barley, 359 horses aged over 3 years, 331 acres of spring wheat, 276 occupants of farms, 228 acres of potatoes, 204 bushels of turnips, 194 acres of buckwheat, 125 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 89 acres of farmland in gardens, 81 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 80 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 barrels of beef, 62 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 56 bushels of rye, 46 acres of rye, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 bushels of beans, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 16 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14 bushels of carrots, 9 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,247 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,346 yards of flannel, 4,821 yards of linen, 3,055 yards of fulled cloth, 510 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 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: 11, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc005016-1861/.