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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463183

St. Pierre, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,022. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.889°N, 71.068°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Pierre had a population of 1,022: 491 male and 531 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851887
18611,022
18711,109

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. Pierre shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,022 total population, 531 females, Female members of the family who are present: 508, 491 males, Male members of the family who are present: 475, 379 single females, 347 single males, 131 married males, 128 married females, 102 males attending school, 76 females attending school, 54 adult males unable to read or write, 32 adult females unable to read or write, 24 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 23, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 13 widowed males, 12 female births, 10 male births, 5 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 females aged 5 to 10, 70 single males aged 10 to 15, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 males aged 5 to 10, 58 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 single females aged 15 to 20, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 females of unknown age, 16 married females aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 males of unknown age, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,022 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $178,200 value farms (dollars), $21,008 value all livestock, 20,946 bushels of oats, 12,132 pounds of homemade butter, 11,345 pounds of maple sugar, 8,565 bushels of potatoes, 8,180 acres of land in farms, $7,250 value horses aged over 3 years, 4,882 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,332 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,298 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $3,103 value farm implements in dollars, 2,449 acres of farmland under crops, 2,376 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,015 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,809 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,429 acres of oats, $1,197 value garden and orchard crops, 1,142 tons of hay, 709 bushels of turnips, 696 bushels of spring wheat, 657 sheep, 636 bulls, oxen, or steers, 605 bushels of rye, 452 milk cows, 416 bushels of peas, 374 calves and heifers, 297 bushels of barley, 288 swine, 208 barrels of pork, 139 acres of spring wheat, 125 horses aged over 3 years, 96 acres of potatoes, 88 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 78 occupants of farms, 62 acres of peas, 60 acres of rye, 57 acres of farmland in gardens, 46 bushels of buckwheat, 41 barrels of beef, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 33 bushels of beans, 32 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 31 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 acres of barley, 17 acres of turnips, 13 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,278 yards of linen, 1,437 yards of fulled cloth, $1,030 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 933 yards of flannel, 29 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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-qc036011-1861/.