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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q142405

St. Ours, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Ours, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,731. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.876°N, 73.114°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Ours, Parish had a population of 1,731: 793 male and 938 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. Ours, Parish shared boundaries with:

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 1,731 total population, 938 females, Female members of the family who are present: 802, 793 males, Male members of the family who are present: 755, 663 single females, 524 single males, 247 married males, 241 married females, 202 females attending school, 139 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 136, 106 adult males unable to read or write, 87 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, 34 widowed females, 31 female births, 29 male births, 22 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 138 females aged 5 to 10, 109 married females aged 20 to 30, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 males aged 5 to 10, 87 single females aged 10 to 15, 79 single females aged 30 to 40, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 40 to 50, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 single females aged 50 to 60, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 single males aged 50 to 60, 18 females of unknown age, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 males of unknown age, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,728 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $525,731 value farms (dollars), 74,938 bushels of oats, $39,845 value all livestock, $27,682 value farm implements in dollars, 21,050 acres of land in farms, 20,012 bushels of peas, $18,515 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,767 bushels of potatoes, 14,315 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,999 pounds of homemade butter, 10,117 bushels of barley, 7,921 acres of farmland under crops, 7,255 pounds of flax or hemp, 6,735 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,335 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,717 pounds of maple sugar, $4,515 value garden and orchard crops, 4,227 acres of oats, 3,550 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,782 acres of peas, 1,718 bushels of buckwheat, 1,535 bushels of spring wheat, 1,502 sheep, 1,314 bushels of rye, 713 tons of hay, 670 bushels of corn, 615 acres of barley, 550 milk cows, 544 swine, 464 calves and heifers, 420 bushels of turnips, 356 barrels of pork, 354 horses aged over 3 years, 277 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 212 occupants of farms, 170 acres of spring wheat, 147 acres of potatoes, 146 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 136 bushels of carrots, 132 horses aged 3 years and under, 128 acres of buckwheat, 123 acres of rye, 78 barrels of beef, 77 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 74 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 59 acres of farmland in gardens, 41 acres of corn, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 bushels of beans, 27 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,780 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,383 yards of linen, 2,037 yards of flannel, 1,758 yards of fulled cloth, 313 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 28 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: 14, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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. Ours, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ours-parish-qc043004-1861/.