St. Pie, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Pie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,254. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.510°N, 72.900°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Pie had a population of 4,254: 2,234 male and 2,020 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Pie, 1851 (90.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Pie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,254 total population, 2,234 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,165, 2,020 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,962, 1,502 single males, 1,300 single females, 695 married males, 663 married females, 374 adult males unable to read or write, 323 adult females unable to read or write, 261 males attending school, 210 females attending school, 106 male births, 84 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 57 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 352 single males aged 10 to 15, 318 males aged 5 to 10, 307 females aged 5 to 10, 238 single females aged 10 to 15, 237 single males aged 15 to 20, 227 single females aged 15 to 20, 194 married males aged 30 to 40, 182 married females aged 30 to 40, 176 married females aged 20 to 30, 175 single males aged 20 to 30, 145 married males aged 40 to 50, 139 single females aged 20 to 30, 132 married females aged 40 to 50, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 107 married males aged 50 to 60, 98 males aged 2 to 3, 96 females aged 2 to 3, 94 married males aged 60 to 70, 84 males aged 4 to 5, 84 married females aged 50 to 60, 73 males aged 3 to 4, 70 females age 3 to 4, 65 married females aged 60 to 70, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 45 single females aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 70 to 80, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,181 French Canadians, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 21 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $795,306 value farms (dollars), $115,207 value all livestock, $69,552 value horses aged over 3 years, 60,646 bushels of oats, 46,320 bushels of potatoes, 42,728 bushels of spring wheat, 39,078 pounds of maple sugar, 36,235 pounds of homemade butter, 34,212 acres of land in farms, $26,478 value farm implements in dollars, 25,388 acres of farmland under cultivation, 25,264 bushels of peas, 15,993 acres of farmland under crops, 13,981 bushels of barley, 10,474 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,134 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,824 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,479 bushels of buckwheat, 4,460 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,276 acres of oats, 4,049 acres of spring wheat, $3,836 value garden and orchard crops, 3,757 sheep, 2,799 tons of hay, 2,160 bushels of corn, 1,973 acres of peas, 1,623 milk cows, 1,374 bushels of carrots, 1,329 calves and heifers, 1,307 swine, 951 horses aged over 3 years, 898 barrels of pork, 888 bushels of rye, 756 acres of barley, 627 occupants of farms, 540 horses aged 3 years and under, 472 bulls, oxen, or steers, 381 acres of potatoes, 296 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 261 acres of farmland in gardens, 259 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 206 acres of buckwheat, 187 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 170 acres of corn, 162 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 160 bushels of turnips, 150 barrels of beef, 147 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 81 acres of rye, 69 bushels of beans, 64 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 gallons of cider, 6 pounds of hops, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $20,475 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,601 yards of flannel, 5,971 yards of fulled cloth, 5,348 yards of linen, 982 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC004006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC004006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912693
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. Pie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pie-qc004006-1861/.