St. Lambert, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: St. Lambert (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Lambert was a township in Lévis County, Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,646. 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

Year	Population
1861	1,646
1871	1,563

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 320 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (25 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	759
Females present who are not members of the family	30
Male members of the family who are present	832
Males present who are not members of the family	25
Number of adult females unable to read or write	139
Number of adult males unable to read or write	181
Number of blind females	2
Number of female births in the past year	27
Number of females	789
Number of females attending school	134
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of male births in the past year	28
Number of males	857
Number of males attending school	113
Number of married females	239
Number of married males	248
Number of single females	540
Number of single males	604
Number of widowed females	10
Number of widowed males	5
POP FX N.1	789
POP MX N.1	857
POP TOT	1,646
POP XX N.1	1,646
Total population	1,646

Age structure (50 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	24
Number of females aged 1 to 2	21
Number of females aged 2 to 3	22
Number of females aged 4 to 5	35
Number of females aged 5 to 10	136
Number of females of unknown age	4
Number of males aged 1 to 2	21
Number of males aged 2 to 3	27
Number of males aged 3 to 4	38
Number of males aged 4 to 5	37
Number of males aged 5 to 10	157
Number of males of unknown age	9
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	5
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	73
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	66
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	52
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	30
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	8
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	41
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	76
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	55
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	53
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	14
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	7
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	103
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	74
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	76
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	10
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	4
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	103
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	91
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	70
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	16
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	1
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	1
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	1
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,634
Number of persons originating in Ireland	11
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	1

Agriculture (74 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	49
Acres of buckwheat	263
Acres of corn	3
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	5,253
Acres of farmland in gardens	84
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,175
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	16,654
Acres of farmland under crops	3,525
Acres of farmland under cultivation	6,784
Acres of land in farms	23,438
Acres of mangel wurtzel	1
Acres of oats	1,746
Acres of peas	265
Acres of potatoes	249
Acres of rye	74
Acres of spring wheat	125
Acres of turnips	3
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	101
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	569
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	847
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	105
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	4,890
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	108
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	54
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	133
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	84
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	52,784
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3,869
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	30,618
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	1,148
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	2,360
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	287
C20 WHT SP AC	125
C21 WHT SP BU	2,360
C22 BAR AC	49
C23 BAR BU	847
C24 RYE AC	74
C25 RYE BU	1,148
C26 PEA AC	265
C27 PEA BU	3,869
C28 OAT AC	1,746
C29 OAT BU	52,784
C30 BWT AC	263
C31 BWT BU	4,890
C34 POT AC	249
C35 POT BU	30,618
C43 HAY TONS	909
C47 WOOL LBS	2,479
C63 BEEF BAR	101
C64 PORK BAR	569
HRS ov03 V	17,724
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	882
Number of calves and heifers	268
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	33
Number of horses aged over 3 years	240
Number of milk cows	505
Number of occupants of farms	241
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	40
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	174
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	13
Number of sheep	1,043
Number of swine	719
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	160
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	1,913
Pounds of homemade butter	36,794
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	19,298
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	2,479
Tons of hay produced in the past year	909
Value of all livestock	28,896
Value of farm implements in dollars	9,094
Value of farms (dollars)	222,358
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	4,264

Manufacturing & industry (7 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for hire	2
Number of carriages for pleasure	458
Value of carriages for hire (dollars)	58
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	11,890
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,348
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	2,227
Yards of linen produced in the past year	2,185

Deaths & mortality (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20	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 30 to 40	2
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 all ages	11
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 20 to 30	2
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
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	12
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	6
Total number of deaths in the past year	23

Other recorded variables (142 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	241
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	1
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	13
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	174
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	40
C07 OCC OVR 200	13
C08 HELD	23,438
C09 UNDR CULT	6,784
C1 Males	857
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	6
C10 UNDR CROP	3,525
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	1
C11 UNDR PAST	3,175
C116 Ages not given M	9
C117 Ages not given F	4
C119 Ages not given Deaths F	1
C12 GARDENS	84
C12 Under 2 Years M	21
C120 Married M	248
C121 Single M	604
C122 Widowed M	5
C123 Total M	857
C124 Married F	239
C125 Single F	540
C126 Widows F	10
C127 Total F	789
C128 Grand Total	1,646
C129 Deaths M	12
C13 Under 2 Years F	21
C13 WOOD WILD	16,654
C130 Deaths F	11
C131 Deaths Total	23
C136 Attending School M	113
C137 Attending School F	134
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	181
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	139
C14 CASH FARM	222,358
C143 Blind F	2
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	9,094
C16 GARDN VALUE	4,264
C16 Under 3 years M	27
C17 LAND HELD	5,253
C17 Under 3 years F	22
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	789
C20 Under 4 years M	38
C21 Under 4 years F	24
C22 Deaths under 4 years M	1
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C24 Under 5 years M	37
C25 Under 5 years F	35
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	157
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	136
C3 Total	1,646
C32 INDN CRN AC	3
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	103
C33 INDN CRN BU	133
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	103
C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M	1
C36 TUR AC	3
C37 TUR BU	287
C38 CAR BU	108
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	91
C39 MAN WURT AC	1
C4 Members of Family M	832
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	5
C40 MAN WURT BU	84
C41 BEN BU	105
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	74
C42 CLV TIM GRA	54
C43 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths F	2
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	41
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	70
C45 MPL SGR LBS	19,298
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	73
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	76
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	2,227
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,348
C5 Members of Family F	759
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	2
C50 FLX HEM LBS	1,913
C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F	1
C51 LIN YRDS	2,185
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	76
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	882
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	16
C53 MILK COWS	505
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	268
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	66
C55 HORSES	240
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	10
C56 HORSES VAL	17,724
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	1
C57 COLTS FILLIES	33
C58 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths M	1
C58 SHEEP	1,043
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	2
C59 SWINE	719
C6 Not Members of Family M	25
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	55
C60 TOT VALUE	28,896
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	5
C61 BUTTER LB	36,794
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	1
C62 CHEESE LB	160
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	52
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	4
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	53
C68 CAR PLEASURE	458
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	2
C69 VALUE DOL P	11,890
C7 Not Members of Family F	30
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	1
C70 CAR HIRE	2
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	30
C71 VALUE DOL H	58
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	1
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	1
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	14
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	1
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	8
C8 Births in 1860 M	28
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	2
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	1
C83 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths F	1
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	7
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	1
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	5
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	5
C9 Births in 1860 F	27
C90 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths M	1
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	2
CD NAME	Lévis
Ireland	11
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,634
New Brunswick	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC029006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC154006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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/.