St. Laurent, Quebec (1861 census)

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

St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Montmorency County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 933. 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 density was 66.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	877
1861	933
1871	993
1881	864
1891	792
1901	797
1911	702
1921	766

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:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 294 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	424
Females present who are not members of the family	46
Male members of the family who are present	418
Males present who are not members of the family	45
Number of adult females unable to read or write	109
Number of adult males unable to read or write	90
Number of female births in the past year	10
Number of females	470
Number of females attending school	52
Number of lunatic females	4
Number of lunatic males	1
Number of male births in the past year	14
Number of males	463
Number of males attending school	84
Number of married females	111
Number of married males	114
Number of single females	336
Number of single males	339
Number of widowed females	23
Number of widowed males	10
POP FX N.1	470
POP MX N.1	463
POP TOT	933
POP XX N.1	933
Total population	933

Age structure (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	13
Number of females aged 1 to 2	12
Number of females aged 2 to 3	10
Number of females aged 4 to 5	11
Number of females aged 5 to 10	66
Number of males aged 1 to 2	14
Number of males aged 2 to 3	14
Number of males aged 3 to 4	13
Number of males aged 4 to 5	13
Number of males aged 5 to 10	60
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	20
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	30
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	27
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	20
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	13
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	15
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	24
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	20
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	37
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	10
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	6
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	53
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	60
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	60
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	8
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	9
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	7
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	10
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	57
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	58
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	60
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	17
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	4
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	7
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	5
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	1
Number of single males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	4
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	6
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	3
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	1
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	2
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	3
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	932
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	1

Agriculture (67 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	14
Acres of buckwheat	6
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	147
Acres of farmland in gardens	67
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,606
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,892
Acres of farmland under crops	2,915
Acres of farmland under cultivation	6,588
Acres of land in farms	9,480
Acres of oats	2,178
Acres of peas	137
Acres of potatoes	151
Acres of rye	140
Acres of spring wheat	140
Acres of turnips	2
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	78
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	11
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	186
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	25
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	112
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	16,533
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,298
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	8,298
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	1,202
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,134
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	345
C20 WHT SP AC	140
C21 WHT SP BU	1,134
C22 BAR AC	14
C23 BAR BU	186
C24 RYE AC	140
C25 RYE BU	1,202
C26 PEA AC	137
C27 PEA BU	1,298
C28 OAT AC	2,178
C29 OAT BU	16,533
C30 BWT AC	6
C31 BWT BU	112
C34 POT AC	151
C35 POT BU	8,298
C43 HAY TONS	477
C47 WOOL LBS	1,710
C63 BEEF BAR	78
C64 PORK BAR	11
HRS ov03 V	6,229
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	550
Number of calves and heifers	349
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	21
Number of horses aged over 3 years	107
Number of milk cows	389
Number of occupants of farms	57
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	40
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	10
Number of sheep	529
Number of swine	342
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	575
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	1,220
Pounds of homemade butter	11,605
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	8,960
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	1,710
Tons of hay produced in the past year	477
Value of all livestock	20,766
Value of farm implements in dollars	5,641
Value of farms (dollars)	60,350
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	1,222

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	94
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	1,985
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	561
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	941
Yards of linen produced in the past year	1,292

Deaths & mortality (13 variables)

Variable	Value
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 of all ages	5
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 40 to 50	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	6
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	11

Other recorded variables (129 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	57
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	2
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	5
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	40
C07 OCC OVR 200	10
C08 HELD	9,480
C09 UNDR CULT	6,588
C1 Males	463
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	2,915
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	1
C11 UNDR PAST	3,606
C12 GARDENS	67
C12 Under 2 Years M	14
C120 Married M	114
C121 Single M	339
C122 Widowed M	10
C123 Total M	463
C124 Married F	111
C125 Single F	336
C126 Widows F	23
C127 Total F	470
C128 Grand Total	933
C129 Deaths M	6
C13 Under 2 Years F	12
C13 WOOD WILD	2,892
C130 Deaths F	5
C131 Deaths Total	11
C136 Attending School M	84
C137 Attending School F	52
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	90
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	109
C14 CASH FARM	60,350
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	1
C144 Lunatics M	1
C145 Lunatics F	4
C15 CASH IMP	5,641
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	1,222
C16 Under 3 years M	14
C17 LAND HELD	147
C17 Under 3 years F	10
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	1
C2 Females	470
C20 Under 4 years M	13
C21 Under 4 years F	13
C24 Under 5 years M	13
C25 Under 5 years F	11
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	60
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	66
C3 Total	933
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	1
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	57
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	53
C36 TUR AC	2
C37 TUR BU	345
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	1
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	58
C4 Members of Family M	418
C41 BEN BU	25
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	60
C43 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths F	1
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	15
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	60
C45 MPL SGR LBS	8,960
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	20
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	60
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	941
C49 FLAN YRDS	561
C5 Members of Family F	424
C50 FLX HEM LBS	1,220
C51 LIN YRDS	1,292
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	24
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	550
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	17
C53 MILK COWS	389
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	1
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	349
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	30
C55 HORSES	107
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	8
C56 HORSES VAL	6,229
C57 COLTS FILLIES	21
C58 SHEEP	529
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	342
C6 Not Members of Family M	45
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	20
C60 TOT VALUE	20,766
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	4
C61 BUTTER LB	11,605
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	2
C62 CHEESE LB	575
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	27
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	9
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	4
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	2
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	37
C68 CAR PLEASURE	94
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	7
C69 VALUE DOL P	1,985
C7 Not Members of Family F	46
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	2
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	20
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	7
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	4
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	10
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	5
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	1
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	13
C8 Births in 1860 M	14
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	10
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	6
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	6
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	1
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	3
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	1
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	5
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	6
C9 Births in 1860 F	10
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	1
C93 Between 80 and 90 years Single M	2
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	3
C98 Between 80 and 90 years Deaths M	1
CD NAME	Montmorency
England and Wales	1
Natives of Canada French Origin	932

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