St. Liboire, VL, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Liboire, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 960. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912496. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.652°N, 72.766°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Liboire, VL had a population of 960: 504 male and 456 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. Liboire, VL shared boundaries with:

• Milton
• St. Dominique
• St. Simon
• Ste. Hélène
• Ste. Rosalie
• Upton

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 960 total population, 504 males, Male members of the family who are present: 461, 456 females, Female members of the family who are present: 440, 337 single males, 295 single females, 160 married males, 155 married females, 106 adult males unable to read or write, 54 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 43, 35 male births, 33 female births, 17 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, 13 males attending school, 7 widowed males, 6 widowed females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 74 females aged 5 to 10, 70 males aged 5 to 10, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 57 single females aged 10 to 15, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 single males aged 10 to 15, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 41 single females aged 15 to 20, 35 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 948 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $199,858 value farms (dollars), 19,620 acres of land in farms, 17,769 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $16,446 value all livestock, 11,046 pounds of maple sugar, 8,911 bushels of potatoes, $6,869 value horses aged over 3 years, 6,790 bushels of oats, 5,455 pounds of homemade butter, $4,495 value farm implements in dollars, 2,034 bushels of spring wheat, 1,851 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,332 bushels of turnips, 1,274 acres of farmland under crops, 977 bushels of barley, 972 pounds of wool produced on farms, 935 bushels of peas, 752 bushels of buckwheat, 546 acres of farmland in pasture, $398 value garden and orchard crops, 317 acres of oats, 249 sheep, 231 bushels of rye, 227 bulls, oxen, or steers, 223 tons of hay, 196 acres of spring wheat, 196 milk cows, 168 calves and heifers, 164 occupants of farms, 156 barrels of pork, 144 swine, 124 horses aged over 3 years, 117 acres of potatoes, 92 acres of peas, 83 pounds of flax or hemp, 77 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 72 acres of barley, 71 acres of buckwheat, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 58 bushels of corn, 40 barrels of beef, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 21 acres of rye, 15 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of corn, 2 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,750 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 798 yards of fulled cloth, 737 yards of flannel, 531 yards of linen, 99 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC004005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC039016_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912496

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. Liboire, VL, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-liboire-vl-qc004005-1861/.