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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q142451

St. Paschal, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Paschal was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,883. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142451. 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 trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,977
18612,883
18712,658

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 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,883 total population, 1,448 males, 1,435 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,383, Female members of the family who are present: 1,354, 981 single males, 943 single females, 460 married females, 433 married males, 414 adult males unable to read or write, 323 adult females unable to read or write, 255 females attending school, 242 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, 52 female births, 50 male births, 34 widowed males, 32 widowed females, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 212 single males aged 10 to 15, 198 single females aged 10 to 15, 195 males aged 5 to 10, 192 single females aged 15 to 20, 184 females aged 5 to 10, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 157 single males aged 20 to 30, 150 married females aged 20 to 30, 113 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 96 married females aged 30 to 40, 95 single females aged 20 to 30, 93 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 55 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 43 married females aged 60 to 70, 42 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,870 French Canadians, 11 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $441,666 value farms (dollars), $70,121 value all livestock, 62,562 pounds of homemade butter, 51,775 bushels of potatoes, $31,055 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,530 acres of land in farms, 17,892 bushels of turnips, 17,784 bushels of spring wheat, $13,975 value farm implements in dollars, 13,942 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,756 bushels of oats, 12,363 pounds of maple sugar, 8,588 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,131 acres of farmland under crops, 7,135 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,148 bushels of barley, 5,712 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,497 bushels of buckwheat, 4,459 bushels of rye, 3,279 bushels of peas, $2,994 value garden and orchard crops, 2,737 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,716 sheep, 2,187 tons of hay, 2,103 acres of spring wheat, 1,140 acres of oats, 1,126 milk cows, 868 swine, 721 barrels of pork, 623 acres of rye, 500 horses aged over 3 years, 398 acres of barley, 381 barrels of beef, 326 acres of peas, 312 acres of potatoes, 287 acres of buckwheat, 224 occupants of farms, 195 calves and heifers, 129 horses aged 3 years and under, 111 acres of turnips, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 106 bulls, oxen, or steers, 99 acres of farmland in gardens, 90 bushels of corn, 79 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of carrots, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of corn, 5 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,212 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,465 yards of flannel, 4,866 yards of linen, 4,663 yards of fulled cloth, 517 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 250 pounds of fresh fish sold, 74 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, 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. (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. Paschal, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paschal-qc026012-1861/.