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 5,530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.810°N, 71.208°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lewis’ Ward had a population of 5,530: 2,865 male and 2,665 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 Québec, C, 1851 (10.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Champlain Ward
• Montcalm Ward
• Palace Ward
• St. Peters’ Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,530 total population, 2,865 males, 2,665 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,566, 2,410 single males, 2,154 single females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,961, Females present who are not members of the family: 704, 436 females attending school, 410 married males, 370 married females, 362 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 299, 146 adult females unable to read or write, 141 widowed females, 57 adult males unable to read or write, 45 widowed males, 36 female births, 36 male births, 6 lunatic males, 3 persons at sea, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 1,310 males of unknown age, 504 females of unknown age, 497 single females aged 20 to 30, 347 single females aged 15 to 20, 254 single males aged 20 to 30, 224 single males aged 15 to 20, 217 single females aged 10 to 15, 186 single males aged 10 to 15, 174 females aged 5 to 10, 159 males aged 5 to 10, 144 married males aged 30 to 40, 134 married females aged 30 to 40, 130 single females aged 30 to 40, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 single males aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 single females aged 40 to 50, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 31 single females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 30 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 27 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 24 females age 3 to 4, 22 single females aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,628 persons originating in Ireland, 1,492 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,025 French Canadians, 1,011 persons originating in England or Wales, 218 persons originating in Scotland, 29 persons originating in the United States, 23 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 19 persons originating in France, 19 persons originating in New Brunswick, 14 persons originating in the West Indies, 13 persons originating in Newfoundland, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 10 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 44 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males 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 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC062006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062006 — 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-qc062006-1861/.