St. Lewis’ Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Lewis’ Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 12,667. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.514°N, 73.567°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lewis’ Ward had a population of 12,667: 6,013 male and 6,654 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 (6.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Centre Ward
• East Ward
• Religious Institutions
• St. James’ Ward
• St. Jean Baptiste, Village
• St. Lawrence Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 12,667 total population, 6,654 females, Female members of the family who are present: 6,150, 6,013 males, Male members of the family who are present: 5,699, 4,424 single females, 4,007 single males, 1,895 married males, 1,816 married females, 545 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 504, 458 females attending school, 414 widowed females, 375 adult males unable to read or write, 338 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 314, 266 male births, 253 female births, 111 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic males, 4 persons at sea, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 849 single females aged 15 to 20, 764 males aged 5 to 10, 749 single females aged 20 to 30, 686 single males aged 15 to 20, 685 females aged 5 to 10, 656 single females aged 10 to 15, 644 married females aged 20 to 30, 644 single males aged 20 to 30, 601 single males aged 10 to 15, 545 married males aged 30 to 40, 506 married males aged 20 to 30, 501 married females aged 30 to 40, 413 married males aged 40 to 50, 352 married females aged 40 to 50, 246 married males aged 50 to 60, 240 females aged 1 to 2, 219 males aged 1 to 2, 199 females aged 2 to 3, 198 single females aged 30 to 40, 184 males aged 2 to 3, 184 males aged 4 to 5, 181 females age 3 to 4, 177 married females aged 50 to 60, 176 females aged 4 to 5, 174 males aged 3 to 4, 141 single males aged 30 to 40, 132 married males aged 60 to 70, 109 single females aged 40 to 50, 101 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 97 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 72 married females aged 15 to 20, 70 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 58 married females aged 60 to 70, 57 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 54 single males aged 40 to 50, 52 single females aged 50 to 60, 40 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 38 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 37 single females aged 60 to 70, 36 single males aged 50 to 60, 32 married males aged 70 to 80, 30 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 26 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 22 single males aged 60 to 70, 21 males of unknown age, 20 females of unknown age, 19 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 70 to 80, 16 married males aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 9 single males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 8,921 French Canadians, 1,918 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 848 persons originating in Ireland, 471 persons originating in England or Wales, 215 persons originating in Scotland, 145 persons originating in the United States, 76 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 16 persons originating in New Brunswick, 13 persons originating in France, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 female negroes or coloured persons, 7 persons originating in the West Indies, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 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 4 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 154 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 87, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 67, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 31, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 28, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061007 — 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. Lewis’ Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lewis-ward-qc061007-1861/.