St. Lawrence Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Lawrence Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 12,898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.509°N, 73.569°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lawrence Ward had a population of 12,898: 6,131 male and 6,767 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 was contained in Montréal, cité, 1851 (7.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier, 1871 (91.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Lawrence Ward shared boundaries with:

• Centre Ward
• Côteau St. Louis
• Religious Institutions
• St. Antoine Ward
• St. Jean Baptiste, Village
• St. Lewis’ Ward
• West Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 12,898 total population, 6,767 females, 6,131 males, Female members of the family who are present: 5,441, Male members of the family who are present: 5,068, 4,302 single females, 3,977 single males, 2,030 married females, 1,997 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 1,326, Males present who are not members of the family: 1,063, 771 females attending school, 753 males attending school, 466 adult males unable to read or write, 435 widowed females, 403 adult females unable to read or write, 246 male births, 236 female births, 157 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 4 persons at sea, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 874 single females aged 20 to 30, 774 single females aged 15 to 20, 768 males aged 5 to 10, 734 single males aged 20 to 30, 724 single males aged 15 to 20, 708 married males aged 30 to 40, 706 females aged 5 to 10, 660 single males aged 10 to 15, 650 single females aged 10 to 15, 604 married females aged 30 to 40, 584 married females aged 20 to 30, 529 married males aged 40 to 50, 426 married females aged 40 to 50, 308 married males aged 50 to 60, 294 married males aged 20 to 30, 242 married females aged 50 to 60, 220 females aged 1 to 2, 210 males aged 1 to 2, 204 females age 3 to 4, 194 females aged 2 to 3, 188 males aged 2 to 3, 182 males aged 3 to 4, 174 males aged 4 to 5, 164 females aged 4 to 5, 158 single females aged 30 to 40, 136 married females aged 60 to 70, 108 married males aged 60 to 70, 96 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 96 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 94 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 90 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 66 single males aged 30 to 40, 58 single females aged 40 to 50, 46 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 36 married males aged 70 to 80, 34 single females aged 50 to 60, 32 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 31 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 70 to 80, 26 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 20 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 14 females of unknown age, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married males aged 80 to 90, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 4 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,412 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3,675 French Canadians, 2,441 persons originating in Ireland, 923 persons originating in England or Wales, 821 persons originating in Scotland, 321 persons originating in the United States, 133 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 36 persons originating in New Brunswick, 26 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 23 persons originating in France, 23 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 12 negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in Newfoundland, 7 male negroes or coloured persons, 7 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 7 persons originating in Switzerland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in the East Indies, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 7 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 7 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 152 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 77, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 75, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 23, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061006 — 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. Lawrence Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lawrence-ward-qc061006-1861/.