St. Pierre, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,994. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463195. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.425°N, 72.117°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Pierre had a population of 2,994: 1,407 male and 1,587 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. Pierre shared boundaries with:

• Blandford
• Blandford
• Gentilly
• St. Jean Deschaillons

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,994 total population, 1,587 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,531, 1,407 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,354, 1,092 single females, 945 single males, 445 married females, 440 married males, 345 females attending school, 331 adult males unable to read or write, 242 males attending school, 227 adult females unable to read or write, 61 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, 50 widowed females, 45 male births, 22 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 270 single females aged 10 to 15, 238 females aged 5 to 10, 217 males aged 5 to 10, 202 single females aged 15 to 20, 200 single males aged 10 to 15, 156 single males aged 15 to 20, 128 married females aged 20 to 30, 111 married females aged 40 to 50, 111 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married females aged 30 to 40, 108 married males aged 40 to 50, 97 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 single females aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 52 females aged 4 to 5, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 47 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 2,985 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $216,488 value farms (dollars), $53,237 value all livestock, 30,067 pounds of homemade butter, $25,739 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,318 bushels of oats, 19,040 acres of land in farms, 16,392 bushels of potatoes, 14,800 pounds of maple sugar, 14,054 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,888 pounds of flax or hemp, $6,342 value farm implements in dollars, 5,937 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,496 bushels of spring wheat, 4,986 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,384 acres of farmland under crops, 2,886 tons of hay, 2,413 bushels of buckwheat, 2,206 sheep, $1,827 value garden and orchard crops, 1,637 acres of oats, 1,601 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,205 bushels of peas, 1,040 calves and heifers, 984 bulls, oxen, or steers, 915 bushels of barley, 849 milk cows, 848 swine, 765 bushels of turnips, 586 acres of spring wheat, 418 barrels of pork, 389 horses aged over 3 years, 232 acres of buckwheat, 187 barrels of beef, 185 occupants of farms, 169 bushels of rye, 168 acres of potatoes, 150 acres of peas, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 99 bushels of carrots, 97 horses aged 3 years and under, 89 acres of barley, 87 bushels of corn, 46 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 acres of rye, 13 bushels of beans, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 5 acres of corn, 5 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 10,045 yards of linen, 3,966 yards of flannel, 3,439 yards of fulled cloth, $2,290 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 49 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC038009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC038009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463195
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets

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-qc038009-1861/.