St. Pierre, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.895°N, 70.607°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Pierre had a population of 1,425: 717 male and 708 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,425 |
| 1871 | 1,292 |
| 1881 | 1,236 |
| 1891 | 1,331 |
| 1901 | 1,127 |
| 1911 | — |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 was contained in St. Pierre, 1851 (49.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Pierre shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,425 total population, 717 males, 708 females, Male members of the family who are present: 639, Female members of the family who are present: 615, 487 single males, 474 single females, 203 married females, 201 married males, 181 adult males unable to read or write, 143 males attending school, 119 adult females unable to read or write, 109 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 93, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, 31 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 27 female births, 26 male births, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 102 males aged 5 to 10, 97 single males aged 10 to 15, 97 single males aged 15 to 20, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 92 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 single females aged 10 to 15, 69 single males aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,401 French Canadians, 22 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $390,227 value farms (dollars), 54,380 pounds of homemade butter, $46,255 value all livestock, 31,026 bushels of oats, 19,401 acres of land in farms, 17,388 bushels of potatoes, $15,872 value horses aged over 3 years, 9,821 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,580 acres of farmland under cultivation, $7,845 value farm implements in dollars, 7,664 pounds of maple sugar, 6,453 acres of farmland under crops, 3,896 bushels of spring wheat, 3,862 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,065 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,404 tons of hay, 1,868 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,740 acres of oats, $1,348 value garden and orchard crops, 856 sheep, 840 bushels of barley, 834 milk cows, 767 barrels of beef, 675 barrels of pork, 575 bushels of peas, 553 swine, 538 bushels of rye, 429 calves and heifers, 414 acres of spring wheat, 290 horses aged over 3 years, 151 acres of potatoes, 148 bulls, oxen, or steers, 125 occupants of farms, 72 horses aged 3 years and under, 62 acres of farmland in gardens, 62 acres of rye, 60 acres of barley, 60 bushels of turnips, 57 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 55 acres of peas, 49 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 25 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,654 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,747 yards of flannel, 2,199 yards of linen, 1,814 yards of fulled cloth, 388 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 75 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3,000 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC035011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC177010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463183
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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. Pierre, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-qc035011-1861/.