St. Paschal, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: St. Paschal (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Paschal was a census subdivision in Kamouraska County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,883. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.527°N, 69.785°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Paschal had a population of 2,883: 1,448 male and 1,435 female residents. Population density was 114.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	2,977
1861	2,883
1871	2,658

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. Paschal shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 322 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (26 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	1,354
Females present who are not members of the family	81
Male members of the family who are present	1,383
Males present who are not members of the family	65
Number of adult females unable to read or write	323
Number of adult males unable to read or write	414
Number of deaf and dumb males	2
Number of female births in the past year	52
Number of females	1,435
Number of females attending school	255
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of lunatic males	4
Number of male births in the past year	50
Number of males	1,448
Number of males attending school	242
Number of married females	460
Number of married males	433
Number of single females	943
Number of single males	981
Number of widowed females	32
Number of widowed males	34
POP FX N.1	1,435
POP MX N.1	1,448
POP TOT	2,883
POP XX N.1	2,883
Total population	2,883

Age structure (49 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	42
Number of females aged 1 to 2	49
Number of females aged 2 to 3	55
Number of females aged 4 to 5	56
Number of females aged 5 to 10	184
Number of males aged 1 to 2	40
Number of males aged 2 to 3	49
Number of males aged 3 to 4	40
Number of males aged 4 to 5	49
Number of males aged 5 to 10	195
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	4
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	150
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	96
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	93
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	63
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	43
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	8
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	3
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	2
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	84
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	113
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	98
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	67
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	55
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	3
Number of married males aged 90 to 100	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	198
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	192
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	95
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	15
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	3
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	212
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	172
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	157
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	10
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	10
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	9
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	4
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	7
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	5
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	9
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	8
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	3

Ethnic origin (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2,870
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	11
Number of persons originating in Ireland	2

Agriculture (73 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	398
Acres of buckwheat	287
Acres of corn	6
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	79
Acres of farmland in gardens	99
Acres of farmland in pasture	5,712
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,588
Acres of farmland under crops	8,131
Acres of farmland under cultivation	13,942
Acres of land in farms	22,530
Acres of mangel wurtzel	1
Acres of oats	1,140
Acres of peas	326
Acres of potatoes	312
Acres of rye	623
Acres of spring wheat	2,103
Acres of turnips	111
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	381
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	721
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	6,148
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	4,497
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	20
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	90
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	30
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	13,756
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3,279
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	51,775
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	4,459
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	17,784
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	17,892
C20 WHT SP AC	2,103
C21 WHT SP BU	17,784
C22 BAR AC	398
C23 BAR BU	6,148
C24 RYE AC	623
C25 RYE BU	4,459
C26 PEA AC	326
C27 PEA BU	3,279
C28 OAT AC	1,140
C29 OAT BU	13,756
C30 BWT AC	287
C31 BWT BU	4,497
C34 POT AC	312
C35 POT BU	51,775
C43 HAY TONS	2,187
C47 WOOL LBS	7,135
C63 BEEF BAR	381
C64 PORK BAR	721
HRS ov03 V	31,055
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	106
Number of calves and heifers	195
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	129
Number of horses aged over 3 years	500
Number of milk cows	1,126
Number of occupants of farms	224
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	58
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	109
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	20
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	7
Number of sheep	2,716
Number of swine	868
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	2,737
Pounds of homemade butter	62,562
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	12,363
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	7,135
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,187
Value of all livestock	70,121
Value of farm implements in dollars	13,975
Value of farms (dollars)	441,666
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	2,994

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	517
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	11,212
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	7,465
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	4,663
Yards of linen produced in the past year	4,866

Fisheries (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	74
Pounds of fresh fish sold in the past year	250

Deaths & mortality (21 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	3
Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	19
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	7
Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	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 aged 50 to 60	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	19
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	8
Total number of deaths in the past year	38

Other recorded variables (143 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	224
C02 OCC UNDR 10	7
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	5
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	25
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	109
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	58
C07 OCC OVR 200	20
C08 HELD	22,530
C09 UNDR CULT	13,942
C1 Males	1,448
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	8
C10 UNDR CROP	8,131
C100 Between 90 and 100 years Married M	1
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	7
C11 UNDR PAST	5,712
C12 GARDENS	99
C12 Under 2 Years M	40
C120 Married M	433
C121 Single M	981
C122 Widowed M	34
C123 Total M	1,448
C124 Married F	460
C125 Single F	943
C126 Widows F	32
C127 Total F	1,435
C128 Grand Total	2,883
C129 Deaths M	19
C13 Under 2 Years F	49
C13 WOOD WILD	8,588
C130 Deaths F	19
C131 Deaths Total	38
C136 Attending School M	242
C137 Attending School F	255
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	414
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	323
C14 CASH FARM	441,666
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	3
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	2
C144 Lunatics M	4
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	13,975
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	3
C16 GARDN VALUE	2,994
C16 Under 3 years M	49
C17 LAND HELD	79
C17 Under 3 years F	55
C2 Females	1,435
C20 Under 4 years M	40
C21 Under 4 years F	42
C22 Deaths under 4 years M	1
C24 Under 5 years M	49
C25 Under 5 years F	56
C26 Deaths under 5 years M	1
C27 Deaths under 5 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	195
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	184
C3 Total	2,883
C32 INDN CRN AC	6
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	212
C33 INDN CRN BU	90
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	198
C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M	2
C36 TUR AC	111
C37 TUR BU	17,892
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	2
C38 CAR BU	20
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	172
C39 MAN WURT AC	1
C4 Members of Family M	1,383
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	4
C40 MAN WURT BU	30
C41 BEN BU	5
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	192
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	84
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	157
C45 MPL SGR LBS	12,363
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	7
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	150
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	95
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	4,663
C49 FLAN YRDS	7,465
C5 Members of Family F	1,354
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	2,737
C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F	1
C51 LIN YRDS	4,866
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	113
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	106
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	10
C53 MILK COWS	1,126
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	5
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	195
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	96
C55 HORSES	500
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	15
C56 HORSES VAL	31,055
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	2
C57 COLTS FILLIES	129
C58 SHEEP	2,716
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	2
C59 SWINE	868
C6 Not Members of Family M	65
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	98
C60 TOT VALUE	70,121
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	5
C61 BUTTER LB	62,562
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	9
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	93
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	3
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	5
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	1
C66 FISH SALTED	74
C67 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths F	1
C67 FISH FRESH	250
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	67
C68 CAR PLEASURE	517
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	2
C69 VALUE DOL P	11,212
C7 Not Members of Family F	81
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	8
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	63
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	2
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	10
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	1
C75 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths F	2
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	55
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	3
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	43
C8 Births in 1860 M	50
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	9
C83 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths F	1
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	8
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	4
C9 Births in 1860 F	52
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	3
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	3
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	2
C98 Between 80 and 90 years Deaths M	1
C99 Between 80 and 90 years Deaths F	1
CD NAME	Kamouraska
Ireland	2
Natives of Canada French Origin	2,870
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	11

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC026012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC165010 — 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. Paschal, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paschal-qc026012-1861/.