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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462681

St. Lambert, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Lambert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,646. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462681. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.584°N, 71.228°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lambert had a population of 1,646: 857 male and 789 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18611,646
18711,563

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. Lambert 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 1,646 total population, 857 males, Male members of the family who are present: 832, 789 females, Female members of the family who are present: 759, 604 single males, 540 single females, 248 married males, 239 married females, 181 adult males unable to read or write, 139 adult females unable to read or write, 134 females attending school, 113 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, 28 male births, 27 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 25, 10 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 2 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 157 males aged 5 to 10, 136 females aged 5 to 10, 103 single females aged 10 to 15, 103 single males aged 10 to 15, 91 single males aged 15 to 20, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 76 single females aged 20 to 30, 74 single females aged 15 to 20, 73 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 55 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 24 females age 3 to 4, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 males of unknown age, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,634 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $222,358 value farms (dollars), 52,784 bushels of oats, 36,794 pounds of homemade butter, 30,618 bushels of potatoes, $28,896 value all livestock, 23,438 acres of land in farms, 19,298 pounds of maple sugar, $17,724 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,654 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $9,094 value farm implements in dollars, 6,784 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,253 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4,890 bushels of buckwheat, $4,264 value garden and orchard crops, 3,869 bushels of peas, 3,525 acres of farmland under crops, 3,175 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,479 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,360 bushels of spring wheat, 1,913 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,746 acres of oats, 1,148 bushels of rye, 1,043 sheep, 909 tons of hay, 882 bulls, oxen, or steers, 847 bushels of barley, 719 swine, 569 barrels of pork, 505 milk cows, 287 bushels of turnips, 268 calves and heifers, 265 acres of peas, 263 acres of buckwheat, 249 acres of potatoes, 241 occupants of farms, 240 horses aged over 3 years, 174 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 160 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 133 bushels of corn, 125 acres of spring wheat, 108 bushels of carrots, 105 bushels of beans, 101 barrels of beef, 84 acres of farmland in gardens, 84 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 74 acres of rye, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 49 acres of barley, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,890 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,348 yards of flannel, 2,227 yards of fulled cloth, 2,185 yards of linen, 458 carriages for pleasure, $58 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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.)

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. Lambert, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lambert-qc029006-1861/.