St. Michel, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Michel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,440. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.017°N, 72.921°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Michel had a population of 2,440: 1,195 male and 1,245 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Michel, 1871 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Sorel Parish
• St. Aimé
• St. David
• St. François
• St. Robert

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,440 total population, 1,245 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,227, 1,195 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,143, 854 single females, 825 single males, 392 adult males unable to read or write, 370 adult females unable to read or write, 350 married females, 345 married males, 58 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, 50 males attending school, 44 female births, 42 male births, 41 widowed females, 25 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 18, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 180 single females aged 10 to 15, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 162 males aged 5 to 10, 154 single females aged 15 to 20, 152 single males aged 15 to 20, 97 single males aged 20 to 30, 91 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 74 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 69 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 2 to 3, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 41 males aged 1 to 2, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 34 females age 3 to 4, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 males of unknown age, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 females of unknown age, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,437 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $471,584 value farms (dollars), $65,564 value all livestock, 58,259 bushels of oats, $30,941 value horses aged over 3 years, 30,344 bushels of potatoes, 27,392 acres of land in farms, 22,336 pounds of homemade butter, 14,657 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,735 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,597 pounds of maple sugar, $11,784 value farm implements in dollars, 10,523 acres of farmland under crops, 7,640 bushels of spring wheat, 6,998 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,698 bushels of buckwheat, 5,294 bushels of peas, 4,084 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,020 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,729 acres of oats, 3,496 bushels of rye, 2,635 sheep, 2,507 bushels of barley, 1,914 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, $1,914 value garden and orchard crops, 1,437 tons of hay, 1,294 calves and heifers, 1,139 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,052 acres of spring wheat, 1,025 swine, 963 milk cows, 762 bushels of corn, 620 bushels of turnips, 597 horses aged over 3 years, 567 acres of peas, 564 barrels of pork, 509 acres of buckwheat, 416 acres of rye, 326 occupants of farms, 278 horses aged 3 years and under, 247 acres of potatoes, 205 barrels of beef, 185 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 168 acres of barley, 129 bushels of beans, 114 acres of farmland in gardens, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 bushels of carrots, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 56 acres of corn, 55 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 7 acres of turnips, 5 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,841 yards of linen, $4,013 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,251 yards of fulled cloth, 2,996 yards of flannel, 163 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC060005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC060005_1851 — 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. Michel, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-qc060005-1861/.