St. Mary’s Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Mary’s Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 10,196. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.527°N, 73.556°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Mary’s Ward had a population of 10,196: 5,019 male and 5,177 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 (18.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Montréal, Parish
• Religious Institutions
• St. James’ Ward
• St. Jean Baptiste, Village

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 10,196 total population, 5,177 females, 5,019 males, Female members of the family who are present: 4,634, Male members of the family who are present: 4,443, 3,251 single females, 3,164 single males, 1,730 married males, 1,652 married females, 820 adult males unable to read or write, 796 adult females unable to read or write, 696 females attending school, 675 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 576, Females present who are not members of the family: 543, 274 widowed females, 222 male births, 206 female births, 125 widowed males, 7 blind males, 6 deaf and dumb females, 6 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 592 single females aged 10 to 15, 584 married females aged 20 to 30, 581 males aged 5 to 10, 579 females aged 5 to 10, 550 single males aged 10 to 15, 543 single females aged 15 to 20, 512 single males aged 15 to 20, 491 married males aged 30 to 40, 446 married females aged 30 to 40, 439 married males aged 20 to 30, 433 single females aged 20 to 30, 408 single males aged 20 to 30, 390 married males aged 40 to 50, 316 married females aged 40 to 50, 234 married males aged 50 to 60, 198 males aged 1 to 2, 181 married females aged 50 to 60, 177 females aged 1 to 2, 171 males aged 3 to 4, 170 females aged 2 to 3, 160 males aged 4 to 5, 155 females age 3 to 4, 148 males aged 2 to 3, 145 females aged 4 to 5, 122 married males aged 60 to 70, 116 single females aged 30 to 40, 107 single males aged 30 to 40, 65 single females aged 40 to 50, 65 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 59 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 58 married females aged 60 to 70, 48 married females aged 15 to 20, 43 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 42 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 41 single males aged 40 to 50, 40 married males aged 70 to 80, 39 single females aged 50 to 60, 36 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 31 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 50 to 60, 25 single males aged 60 to 70, 23 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 22 single females aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 17 married females aged 70 to 80, 17 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 13 single males aged 70 to 80, 11 married males aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 7,047 French Canadians, 1,532 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,113 persons originating in Ireland, 222 persons originating in England or Wales, 127 persons originating in Scotland, 98 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons originating in France, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 229 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 116, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 113, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 58, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 44, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 23, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061008 — 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. Mary’s Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mary-s-ward-qc061008-1861/.