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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Louis de Gonzague was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,184. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.204°N, 74.000°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Louis de Gonzague had a population of 4,184: 2,149 male and 2,035 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Louis de Gonzague shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,184 total population, 2,149 males, 2,035 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,029, Female members of the family who are present: 1,900, 1,476 single males, 1,355 single females, 625 married males, 609 married females, 410 adult males unable to read or write, 403 females attending school, 391 males attending school, 269 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 135, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, 88 male births, 78 female births, 71 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 337 males aged 5 to 10, 302 single males aged 10 to 15, 292 females aged 5 to 10, 284 single females aged 10 to 15, 251 single males aged 15 to 20, 246 single females aged 15 to 20, 199 married males aged 30 to 40, 192 single males aged 20 to 30, 191 married females aged 20 to 30, 173 single females aged 20 to 30, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 128 married females aged 40 to 50, 122 married males aged 40 to 50, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 101 married males aged 50 to 60, 82 females age 3 to 4, 79 females aged 4 to 5, 76 males aged 4 to 5, 75 males aged 3 to 4, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 33 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 males of unknown age, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 females of unknown age, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,375 French Canadians, 540 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 219 persons originating in Scotland, 26 persons originating in England or Wales, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $976,012 value farms (dollars), $243,289 value farm implements in dollars, $94,362 value all livestock, 73,069 pounds of homemade butter, 68,335 bushels of oats, $62,998 value horses aged over 3 years, 57,643 bushels of peas, 35,446 bushels of potatoes, 31,130 bushels of spring wheat, 28,097 acres of land in farms, 25,231 bushels of barley, 20,004 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,867 pounds of maple sugar, 14,307 acres of farmland under crops, $11,382 value garden and orchard crops, 9,900 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,083 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,509 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,243 bushels of carrots, 3,286 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,093 acres of oats, 2,977 acres of peas, 2,441 acres of spring wheat, 2,375 sheep, 1,803 bushels of buckwheat, 1,456 bushels of corn, 1,407 bushels of turnips, 1,396 milk cows, 1,323 bushels of winter wheat, 1,253 acres of barley, 1,217 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,166 tons of hay, 1,154 swine, 1,142 calves and heifers, 1,027 horses aged over 3 years, 998 barrels of pork, 513 horses aged 3 years and under, 498 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 474 occupants of farms, 418 acres of potatoes, 368 pounds of hops, 274 barrels of beef, 266 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 198 acres of farmland in gardens, 180 acres of buckwheat, 168 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 165 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 114 bushels of rye, 110 gallons of cider, 98 acres of winter wheat, 94 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 bushels of beans, 74 acres of corn, 69 bulls, oxen, or steers, 53 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of rye, 13 acres of turnips, 10 acres of mangel wurtzel, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $16,545 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,904 yards of flannel, 4,457 yards of fulled cloth, $1,622 value carriages for hire (dollars), 808 yards of linen, 596 carriages for pleasure, 99 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 56 pounds of fresh fish sold, 2 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 49 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: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, 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 males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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

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. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-de-gonzague-qc006004-1861/.