St. Laurent, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 933. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462701. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.878°N, 71.022°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Laurent had a population of 933: 463 male and 470 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Laurent shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean
• St. Pierre
• Ste. Famille

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 933 total population, 470 females, 463 males, Female members of the family who are present: 424, Male members of the family who are present: 418, 339 single males, 336 single females, 114 married males, 111 married females, 109 adult females unable to read or write, 90 adult males unable to read or write, 84 males attending school, 52 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, 23 widowed females, 14 male births, 10 female births, 10 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 66 females aged 5 to 10, 60 males aged 5 to 10, 60 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 single females aged 20 to 30, 60 single males aged 20 to 30, 58 single males aged 15 to 20, 57 single males aged 10 to 15, 53 single females aged 10 to 15, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 20 to 30, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 932 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $60,350 value farms (dollars), $20,766 value all livestock, 16,533 bushels of oats, 11,605 pounds of homemade butter, 9,480 acres of land in farms, 8,960 pounds of maple sugar, 8,298 bushels of potatoes, 6,588 acres of farmland under cultivation, $6,229 value horses aged over 3 years, $5,641 value farm implements in dollars, 3,606 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,915 acres of farmland under crops, 2,892 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,178 acres of oats, 1,710 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,298 bushels of peas, $1,222 value garden and orchard crops, 1,220 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,202 bushels of rye, 1,134 bushels of spring wheat, 575 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 550 bulls, oxen, or steers, 529 sheep, 477 tons of hay, 389 milk cows, 349 calves and heifers, 345 bushels of turnips, 342 swine, 186 bushels of barley, 151 acres of potatoes, 147 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 140 acres of rye, 140 acres of spring wheat, 137 acres of peas, 112 bushels of buckwheat, 107 horses aged over 3 years, 78 barrels of beef, 67 acres of farmland in gardens, 57 occupants of farms, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of beans, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 acres of barley, 11 barrels of pork, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,985 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,292 yards of linen, 941 yards of fulled cloth, 561 yards of flannel, 94 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC036010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462701
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. Laurent, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-qc036010-1861/.