St. Ours, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Ours, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 528. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.888°N, 73.150°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Ours, Town—Ville had a population of 528: 244 male and 284 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Ours, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Ours, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 528 total population, 284 females, Female members of the family who are present: 270, 244 males, Male members of the family who are present: 226, 167 single females, 138 single males, 100 married females, 97 married males, 63 females attending school, 56 adult males unable to read or write, 54 males attending school, 45 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 18, 17 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 9 widowed males, 8 female births, 5 male births, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 females aged 5 to 10, 28 males aged 5 to 10, 26 single males aged 15 to 20, 24 married males aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 single females aged 15 to 20, 21 single males aged 10 to 15, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 single males aged 20 to 30, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 20 to 30, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 518 French Canadians, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $6,959 value all livestock, 87 sheep, 48 horses aged over 3 years, 47 milk cows, 15 swine. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,332 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 110 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC043003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ours-town-ville-qc043003-1861/.