St. Paul, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,073. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912662. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.971°N, 73.433°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Paul had a population of 2,073: 1,025 male and 1,048 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. Paul shared boundaries with:

• Lavaltrie
• L’Assomption
• St. Charles Borromée
• St. Jacques
• St. Liguori
• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,073 total population, 1,048 females, 1,025 males, Female members of the family who are present: 972, Male members of the family who are present: 958, 708 single females, 684 single males, 349 adult males unable to read or write, 312 married males, 300 married females, 293 adult females unable to read or write, 157 females attending school, 118 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 76, Males present who are not members of the family: 67, 41 female births, 40 widowed females, 36 male births, 29 widowed males, 3 blind males, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 160 males aged 5 to 10, 154 females aged 5 to 10, 151 single females aged 10 to 15, 125 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 single females aged 15 to 20, 115 single males aged 10 to 15, 112 single males aged 20 to 30, 97 single females aged 20 to 30, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,073 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $435,510 value farms (dollars), 66,999 bushels of oats, $27,848 value horses aged over 3 years, 26,811 pounds of homemade butter, 24,645 pounds of maple sugar, 23,857 bushels of potatoes, $22,589 value all livestock, 21,302 acres of land in farms, 16,706 acres of farmland under cultivation, $13,828 value farm implements in dollars, 10,604 bushels of peas, 8,473 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,233 acres of farmland under crops, 5,769 bushels of barley, 4,762 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,596 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,022 bushels of rye, 3,245 acres of oats, 2,300 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,892 sheep, 1,611 tons of hay, 1,117 bulls, oxen, or steers, 982 milk cows, 910 bushels of buckwheat, 866 calves and heifers, 842 barrels of pork, 805 swine, 771 bushels of spring wheat, 713 bushels of corn, 600 acres of peas, 512 horses aged over 3 years, 473 acres of potatoes, 432 acres of barley, 396 acres of rye, 205 horses aged 3 years and under, 205 occupants of farms, 135 barrels of beef, 106 acres of spring wheat, 95 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 90 acres of buckwheat, 74 acres of corn, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,901 yards of linen, 3,413 yards of flannel, 2,588 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC025013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC158013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912662

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. Paul, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-qc025013-1861/.