St. Romuald d’Etchemin, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Romuald d’Etchemin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,600. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 71.251°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Romuald d’Etchemin had a population of 2,600: 1,350 male and 1,250 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Jean Chrysostôme, 1851 (12.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Romuald d’Etchemin shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean Chrysostôme

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,600 total population, 1,350 males, 1,250 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,168, Female members of the family who are present: 1,159, 958 single males, 811 single females, 412 married females, 370 married males, 262 males attending school, 235 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 182, Females present who are not members of the family: 91, 58 adult males unable to read or write, 31 adult females unable to read or write, 30 female births, 30 male births, 27 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 203 single males aged 20 to 30, 178 males aged 5 to 10, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 females aged 5 to 10, 152 single females aged 15 to 20, 148 single females aged 20 to 30, 143 single males aged 10 to 15, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 125 married males aged 30 to 40, 119 married females aged 20 to 30, 118 married females aged 30 to 40, 86 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 90 to 100, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (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 2,124 French Canadians, 285 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 146 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $150,800 value farms (dollars), $18,576 value all livestock, 11,845 pounds of homemade butter, 9,791 bushels of oats, $7,620 value farm implements in dollars, 6,665 bushels of potatoes, 6,575 acres of land in farms, $6,360 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,773 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,802 acres of farmland under cultivation, $1,660 value garden and orchard crops, 1,574 acres of farmland under crops, 1,197 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,100 bushels of turnips, 1,016 tons of hay, 1,012 pounds of wool produced on farms, 555 pounds of flax or hemp, 413 bushels of spring wheat, 334 acres of oats, 298 sheep, 230 bushels of peas, 226 bulls, oxen, or steers, 225 swine, 188 milk cows, 187 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 127 barrels of pork, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 100 calves and heifers, 83 bushels of barley, 64 bushels of buckwheat, 49 occupants of farms, 45 bushels of rye, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 31 acres of potatoes, 30 barrels of beef, 21 acres of spring wheat, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of peas, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of rye, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of barley. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,607 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 855 yards of fulled cloth, 530 yards of flannel, 485 yards of linen, 172 carriages for pleasure, $150 value carriages for hire (dollars), 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC029008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC029008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. Romuald d’Etchemin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-romuald-d-etchemin-qc029008-1861/.