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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Martin, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Martin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,093. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.554°N, 73.769°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Martin had a population of 4,093: 2,041 male and 2,052 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Martin shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,093 total population, 2,052 females, 2,041 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,928, Female members of the family who are present: 1,827, 1,434 single females, 1,417 single males, 586 married males, 553 adult males unable to read or write, 550 married females, 423 adult females unable to read or write, 337 females attending school, 294 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 225, Males present who are not members of the family: 113, 68 widowed females, 62 male births, 40 female births, 38 widowed males, 8 lunatic females, 6 deaf and dumb females, 6 lunatic males, 5 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 316 females aged 5 to 10, 314 single females aged 10 to 15, 296 males aged 5 to 10, 263 single males aged 10 to 15, 245 single males aged 15 to 20, 222 single females aged 15 to 20, 222 single females aged 20 to 30, 197 single males aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 30 to 40, 146 married females aged 20 to 30, 146 married females aged 30 to 40, 143 married males aged 40 to 50, 111 married females aged 40 to 50, 104 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 males aged 4 to 5, 71 married males aged 60 to 70, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 63 females aged 4 to 5, 57 females age 3 to 4, 57 married females aged 60 to 70, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 53 single males aged 30 to 40, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 single females aged 30 to 40, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 33 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,078 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $878,285 value farms (dollars), $92,749 value all livestock, 77,135 bushels of oats, 65,692 pounds of homemade butter, 55,034 bushels of potatoes, $26,116 value farm implements in dollars, 22,971 acres of land in farms, 18,238 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,128 bushels of barley, 12,842 pounds of maple sugar, 12,588 acres of farmland under crops, 9,295 bushels of buckwheat, 9,051 bushels of peas, 5,534 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,733 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,367 acres of oats, 4,247 pounds of wool produced on farms, $2,716 value garden and orchard crops, 2,712 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,694 bushels of corn, 1,565 bushels of spring wheat, 1,486 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,399 sheep, 1,393 milk cows, 1,351 tons of hay, 1,335 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1,312 bushels of winter wheat, 1,148 acres of barley, 1,106 swine, 973 bulls, oxen, or steers, 908 horses aged over 3 years, 824 barrels of pork, 782 acres of peas, 769 calves and heifers, 692 acres of buckwheat, 578 acres of potatoes, 398 bushels of carrots, 333 horses aged 3 years and under, 286 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 252 occupants of farms, 186 acres of winter wheat, 184 bushels of rye, 167 bushels of beans, 166 acres of spring wheat, 146 bushels of turnips, 121 acres of corn, 116 acres of farmland in gardens, 113 barrels of beef, 105 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 101 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of rye, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,167 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,457 yards of flannel, 2,650 yards of fulled cloth, $2,597 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2,122 yards of linen, 692 carriages for pleasure, 150 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 60 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 21, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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. Martin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-martin-qc028002-1861/.