St. Philippe, Quebec (1861 census)

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

St. Philippe was a census subdivision in Laprairie County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,344. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.338°N, 73.477°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Philippe had a population of 2,344: 1,196 male and 1,148 female residents. Population density was 65.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	2,480
1861	2,344
1871	1,754
1881	1,655
1891	1,716
1901	1,707
1911	1,615
1921	1,264

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. Philippe shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 324 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (26 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	1,067
Females present who are not members of the family	81
Male members of the family who are present	1,085
Males present who are not members of the family	111
Number of adult females unable to read or write	264
Number of adult males unable to read or write	322
Number of deaf and dumb females	2
Number of deaf and dumb males	3
Number of female births in the past year	22
Number of females	1,148
Number of females attending school	203
Number of lunatic females	2
Number of male births in the past year	31
Number of males	1,196
Number of males attending school	214
Number of married females	319
Number of married males	324
Number of single females	802
Number of single males	853
Number of widowed females	27
Number of widowed males	19
POP FX N.1	1,148
POP MX N.1	1,196
POP TOT	2,344
POP XX N.1	2,344
Total population	2,344

Age structure (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	30
Number of females aged 1 to 2	26
Number of females aged 2 to 3	44
Number of females aged 4 to 5	31
Number of females aged 5 to 10	164
Number of males aged 1 to 2	28
Number of males aged 2 to 3	30
Number of males aged 3 to 4	37
Number of males aged 4 to 5	35
Number of males aged 5 to 10	163
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	5
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	75
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	90
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	59
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	49
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	32
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	7
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	71
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	96
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	59
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	50
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	35
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	11
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	163
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	163
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	97
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	18
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	14
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	16
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	7
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	4
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	3
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	157
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	143
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	146
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	44
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	16
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	9
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	7
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	5
Number of single males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	3
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	9
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	8
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	4
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	4
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	5
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	4
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	2

Ethnic origin (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2,242
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	63
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	6
Number of persons originating in Ireland	30
Number of persons originating in the United States	3

Agriculture (70 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	662
Acres of buckwheat	268
Acres of corn	16
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	11
Acres of farmland in gardens	248
Acres of farmland in pasture	5,938
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	3,382
Acres of farmland under crops	16,852
Acres of farmland under cultivation	23,038
Acres of land in farms	26,420
Acres of mangel wurtzel	4
Acres of oats	4,408
Acres of peas	4,549
Acres of potatoes	202
Acres of spring wheat	532
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	128
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	577
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	11,720
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	3
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	4,928
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	4
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	235
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	309
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	392
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	76,937
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	50,634
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	23,969
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	7,145
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	14
C20 WHT SP AC	532
C21 WHT SP BU	7,145
C22 BAR AC	662
C23 BAR BU	11,720
C26 PEA AC	4,549
C27 PEA BU	50,634
C28 OAT AC	4,408
C29 OAT BU	76,937
C30 BWT AC	268
C31 BWT BU	4,928
C34 POT AC	202
C35 POT BU	23,969
C43 HAY TONS	13
C47 WOOL LBS	7,341
C63 BEEF BAR	128
C64 PORK BAR	577
HRS ov03 V	73,362
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	219
Number of calves and heifers	834
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	466
Number of horses aged over 3 years	1,033
Number of milk cows	1,192
Number of occupants of farms	231
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	62
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	29
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	100
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	25
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	11
Number of sheep	2,674
Number of swine	1,058
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	2,999
Pounds of homemade butter	31,931
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	10
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	2,312
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	7,341
Tons of hay produced in the past year	13
Value of all livestock	115,991
Value of farm implements in dollars	35,680
Value of farms (dollars)	949,550
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	2,171

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	425
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	12,234
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,310
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	2,327
Yards of linen produced in the past year	670

Deaths & mortality (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	11
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	6
Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	8
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	19

Other recorded variables (146 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	231
C02 OCC UNDR 10	11
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	4
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	29
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	100
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	62
C07 OCC OVR 200	25
C08 HELD	26,420
C09 UNDR CULT	23,038
C1 Males	1,196
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	16,852
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	6
C11 UNDR PAST	5,938
C12 GARDENS	248
C12 Under 2 Years M	28
C120 Married M	324
C121 Single M	853
C122 Widowed M	19
C123 Total M	1,196
C124 Married F	319
C125 Single F	802
C126 Widows F	27
C127 Total F	1,148
C128 Grand Total	2,344
C129 Deaths M	8
C13 Under 2 Years F	26
C13 WOOD WILD	3,382
C130 Deaths F	11
C131 Deaths Total	19
C136 Attending School M	214
C137 Attending School F	203
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	322
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	264
C14 CASH FARM	949,550
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	3
C141 Deaf and Dumb F	2
C145 Lunatics F	2
C15 CASH IMP	35,680
C16 GARDN VALUE	2,171
C16 Under 3 years M	30
C17 LAND HELD	11
C17 Under 3 years F	44
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	2
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	1,148
C20 Under 4 years M	37
C21 Under 4 years F	30
C22 Deaths under 4 years M	2
C24 Under 5 years M	35
C25 Under 5 years F	31
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	163
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	164
C3 Total	2,344
C32 INDN CRN AC	16
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	157
C33 INDN CRN BU	309
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	163
C37 TUR BU	14
C38 CAR BU	4
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	143
C39 MAN WURT AC	4
C4 Members of Family M	1,085
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	5
C40 MAN WURT BU	392
C41 BEN BU	3
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	163
C42 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths M	1
C42 CLV TIM GRA	235
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	71
C44 HOP LBS	10
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	146
C45 MPL SGR LBS	2,312
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	1
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	75
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	97
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	2,327
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	1
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,310
C5 Members of Family F	1,067
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	2,999
C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F	1
C51 LIN YRDS	670
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	96
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	219
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	44
C53 MILK COWS	1,192
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	4
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	834
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	90
C55 HORSES	1,033
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	18
C56 HORSES VAL	73,362
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	3
C57 COLTS FILLIES	466
C58 SHEEP	2,674
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	1,058
C6 Not Members of Family M	111
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	59
C60 TOT VALUE	115,991
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	16
C61 BUTTER LB	31,931
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	1
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	59
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	14
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	1
C67 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths F	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	50
C68 CAR PLEASURE	425
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	9
C69 VALUE DOL P	12,234
C7 Not Members of Family F	81
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	2
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	49
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	16
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	35
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	7
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	5
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	32
C8 Births in 1860 M	31
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	7
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	9
C82 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths M	1
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	11
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	5
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	4
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	7
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	4
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	8
C9 Births in 1860 F	22
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C93 Between 80 and 90 years Single M	2
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	2
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	2
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	3
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	4
CD NAME	Laprairie
England and Wales	6
Ireland	30
Natives of Canada French Origin	2,242
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	63
United States	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC027006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064006 — 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. Philippe, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-philippe-qc027006-1861/.