St. Philippe, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Philippe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,344. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463156. 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 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. Philippe shared boundaries with:

• Laprairie, Parish
• St. Constant
• St. Edouard
• St. Jacques le Mineur
• St. Michel
• Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie)

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,344 total population, 1,196 males, 1,148 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,085, Female members of the family who are present: 1,067, 853 single males, 802 single females, 324 married males, 322 adult males unable to read or write, 319 married females, 264 adult females unable to read or write, 214 males attending school, 203 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, 31 male births, 27 widowed females, 22 female births, 19 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 164 females aged 5 to 10, 163 males aged 5 to 10, 163 single females aged 10 to 15, 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 157 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 single males aged 20 to 30, 143 single males aged 15 to 20, 97 single females aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single females aged 50 to 60, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,242 French Canadians, 63 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 30 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $949,550 value farms (dollars), $115,991 value all livestock, 76,937 bushels of oats, $73,362 value horses aged over 3 years, 50,634 bushels of peas, $35,680 value farm implements in dollars, 31,931 pounds of homemade butter, 26,420 acres of land in farms, 23,969 bushels of potatoes, 23,038 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,852 acres of farmland under crops, 11,720 bushels of barley, 7,341 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,145 bushels of spring wheat, 5,938 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,928 bushels of buckwheat, 4,549 acres of peas, 4,408 acres of oats, 3,382 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,999 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,674 sheep, 2,312 pounds of maple sugar, $2,171 value garden and orchard crops, 1,192 milk cows, 1,058 swine, 1,033 horses aged over 3 years, 834 calves and heifers, 662 acres of barley, 577 barrels of pork, 532 acres of spring wheat, 466 horses aged 3 years and under, 392 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 309 bushels of corn, 268 acres of buckwheat, 248 acres of farmland in gardens, 235 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 231 occupants of farms, 219 bulls, oxen, or steers, 202 acres of potatoes, 128 barrels of beef, 100 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of corn, 14 bushels of turnips, 13 tons of hay, 11 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 pounds of hops, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 bushels of carrots, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,234 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,327 yards of fulled cloth, 2,310 yards of flannel, 670 yards of linen, 425 carriages for pleasure. (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 females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, 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 2 to 3: 2, 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 males aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: 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: Q3463156
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe_(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. Philippe, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-philippe-qc027006-1861/.