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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Roch, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Roch was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.819°N, 71.262°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Roch had a population of 6,936: 3,581 male and 3,355 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Roch shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,936 total population, 3,581 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,457, 3,355 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,201, 2,292 single males, 2,051 single females, 1,215 married males, 1,163 married females, 838 adult females unable to read or write, 791 adult males unable to read or write, 565 females attending school, 550 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 154, 145 male births, 141 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 124, 110 female births, 74 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 449 males aged 5 to 10, 442 single males aged 10 to 15, 396 single females aged 10 to 15, 393 married females aged 30 to 40, 373 females aged 5 to 10, 370 married males aged 30 to 40, 342 single females aged 15 to 20, 335 single males aged 15 to 20, 325 married males aged 40 to 50, 309 married females aged 40 to 50, 294 single males aged 20 to 30, 267 single females aged 20 to 30, 243 married females aged 20 to 30, 226 married males aged 50 to 60, 186 married males aged 20 to 30, 180 males aged 2 to 3, 164 females aged 2 to 3, 134 married females aged 50 to 60, 125 males aged 3 to 4, 125 males aged 4 to 5, 107 females age 3 to 4, 100 females aged 4 to 5, 91 males aged 1 to 2, 80 females aged 1 to 2, 76 married males aged 60 to 70, 55 married females aged 60 to 70, 55 single males aged 30 to 40, 42 single females aged 30 to 40, 35 single females aged 40 to 50, 32 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 30 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 29 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 20 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 5,546 French Canadians, 867 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 351 persons originating in Ireland, 79 persons originating in England or Wales, 48 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (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 $474,400 value farms (dollars), $36,175 value all livestock, 21,090 bushels of oats, 16,335 bushels of turnips, $9,931 value farm implements in dollars, 5,621 acres of land in farms, 5,059 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,098 pounds of homemade butter, 3,745 acres of farmland under crops, 2,211 bushels of potatoes, $2,045 value garden and orchard crops, 1,786 tons of hay, 1,775 barrels of pork, 1,299 acres of farmland in pasture, 770 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 721 acres of oats, 669 bushels of barley, 567 bushels of carrots, 562 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 398 milk cows, 396 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 360 horses aged over 3 years, 269 swine, 260 bushels of spring wheat, 73 calves and heifers, 66 bulls, oxen, or steers, 65 acres of turnips, 63 occupants of farms, 32 sheep, 29 acres of potatoes, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 15 acres of barley, 15 acres of farmland in gardens, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 acres of spring wheat, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 bushels of peas, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,608 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $396 value carriages for hire (dollars), 73 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 125 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 65, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 60, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 29, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 29, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 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 females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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. Roch, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-qc042013-1861/.