St. Lambert, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Lambert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 530. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912474. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.493°N, 73.494°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lambert had a population of 530: 298 male and 232 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Longueuil (part), 1851 (38.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Lambert, 1871 (60.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Laprairie, Parish
• Longueuil, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 530 total population, 298 males, 232 females, Male members of the family who are present: 229, Female members of the family who are present: 189, 171 single males, 138 single females, 119 married males, 98 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, 66 adult females unable to read or write, 62 adult males unable to read or write, 47 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 26 females attending school, 8 widowed males, 6 female births, 6 widowed females, 2 male births, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 single males aged 10 to 15, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 32 males aged 5 to 10, 29 females aged 5 to 10, 29 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 single females aged 15 to 20, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 females aged 2 to 3, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 431 French Canadians, 48 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $134,180 value farms (dollars), $12,801 value all livestock, 8,870 pounds of homemade butter, 6,402 bushels of oats, $5,525 value horses aged over 3 years, $4,135 value farm implements in dollars, 2,566 acres of land in farms, 2,405 bushels of potatoes, 2,156 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,992 bushels of barley, 1,857 acres of farmland under crops, 1,343 bushels of peas, 680 bushels of mangel wurtzel, $468 value garden and orchard crops, 410 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 403 tons of hay, 381 acres of oats, 310 bushels of carrots, 292 acres of farmland in pasture, 292 pounds of wool produced on farms, 112 milk cows, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 101 acres of barley, 95 acres of peas, 92 bulls, oxen, or steers, 87 bushels of spring wheat, 82 sheep, 79 pounds of flax or hemp, 77 swine, 76 bushels of buckwheat, 73 bushels of corn, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 calves and heifers, 51 barrels of pork, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 36 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 26 bushels of beans, 22 acres of potatoes, 21 occupants of farms, 11 acres of buckwheat, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 acres of spring wheat, 4 acres of corn, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,810 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 119 yards of flannel, 119 yards of fulled cloth, 85 carriages for pleasure, 60 yards of linen, 7 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC011009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC011009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912474

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. Lambert, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lambert-qc011009-1861/.