St. Nicolas, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Nicolas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,219. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.686°N, 71.380°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Nicolas had a population of 2,219: 1,123 male and 1,096 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Nicolas, 1851 (40.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Antoine
• St. Apollinaire
• St. Etienne de Lauzon

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,219 total population, 1,123 males, 1,096 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,052, Female members of the family who are present: 975, 786 single males, 742 single females, 314 married females, 305 married males, 222 adult males unable to read or write, 173 males attending school, 147 adult females unable to read or write, 146 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 121, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, 40 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 29 female births, 29 male births, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 169 males aged 5 to 10, 156 single males aged 20 to 30, 149 females aged 5 to 10, 143 single females aged 20 to 30, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 128 single females aged 15 to 20, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 females age 3 to 4, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,121 French Canadians, 71 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $456,289 value farms (dollars), $78,543 value all livestock, 56,887 bushels of oats, 50,620 pounds of homemade butter, 43,230 bushels of potatoes, 33,467 acres of land in farms, $26,020 value farm implements in dollars, $24,950 value horses aged over 3 years, 19,873 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,594 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,458 acres of farmland under crops, 6,277 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,004 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,602 bushels of rye, 5,375 pounds of maple sugar, $4,073 value garden and orchard crops, 3,268 acres of oats, 2,958 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,931 bushels of peas, 2,371 tons of hay, 2,037 sheep, 1,933 bushels of spring wheat, 1,065 bulls, oxen, or steers, 932 calves and heifers, 911 swine, 746 milk cows, 650 bushels of turnips, 575 acres of rye, 575 bushels of barley, 560 barrels of pork, 385 acres of potatoes, 381 acres of peas, 336 horses aged over 3 years, 282 bushels of buckwheat, 210 acres of spring wheat, 210 occupants of farms, 155 bushels of beans, 149 barrels of beef, 132 acres of farmland in gardens, 131 bushels of corn, 119 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 87 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 80 bushels of carrots, 65 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 horses aged 3 years and under, 49 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 48 acres of barley, 21 acres of buckwheat, 16 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 13 acres of corn, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 acres of turnips, 6 pounds of hops, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $10,894 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,251 yards of fulled cloth, 3,331 yards of linen, 3,255 yards of flannel, 566 carriages for pleasure, $114 value carriages for hire (dollars), 15 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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. (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: QC029007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169011_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463051

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. Nicolas, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-nicolas-qc029007-1861/.