St. Roch, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Roch was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,158. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.293°N, 70.148°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Roch had a population of 2,158: 1,079 male and 1,079 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,158 |
| 1871 | 2,311 |
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. Roch, 1851 (50.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Roch shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,158 total population, 1,079 females, 1,079 males, Male members of the family who are present: 983, Female members of the family who are present: 982, 750 single females, 728 single males, 331 married males, 310 married females, 222 males attending school, 193 females attending school, 104 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 97, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, 55 adult females unable to read or write, 40 female births, 40 male births, 20 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 159 single males aged 10 to 15, 148 females aged 5 to 10, 133 males aged 5 to 10, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 112 single females aged 10 to 15, 112 single females aged 20 to 30, 101 married females aged 20 to 30, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 single females aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females age 3 to 4, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 70 to 80, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 70 to 80, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,158 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $760,199 value farms (dollars), 97,087 bushels of potatoes, $91,164 value all livestock, 78,817 pounds of homemade butter, 38,099 bushels of oats, 32,800 acres of land in farms, $32,429 value horses aged over 3 years, $28,820 value farm implements in dollars, 25,368 pounds of maple sugar, 17,153 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,662 bushels of spring wheat, 15,647 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,863 acres of farmland under crops, 8,126 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,295 bushels of turnips, 7,051 pounds of wool produced on farms, $5,729 value garden and orchard crops, 4,274 bushels of barley, 3,364 sheep, 3,014 bushels of rye, 2,817 tons of hay, 2,677 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,985 acres of oats, 1,847 swine, 1,625 acres of spring wheat, 1,326 bushels of peas, 1,259 milk cows, 1,027 barrels of pork, 964 calves and heifers, 590 barrels of beef, 535 acres of potatoes, 470 horses aged over 3 years, 375 acres of rye, 283 occupants of farms, 282 acres of barley, 195 bulls, oxen, or steers, 164 acres of farmland in gardens, 145 acres of peas, 122 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 117 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 bushels of carrots, 86 horses aged 3 years and under, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 61 bushels of corn, 60 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 acres of turnips, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,553 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,262 yards of flannel, 5,115 yards of fulled cloth, 3,274 yards of linen, 579 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 38 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 2 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC023006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC164004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463285
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
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. Roch, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-qc023006-1861/.