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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463432

St. Sévère, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Sévère was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 936. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.376°N, 72.915°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Sévère had a population of 936: 472 male and 464 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861936
1871822
1881888
1891972
1901864
1911895
1921890

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 936 total population, 472 males, 464 females, Male members of the family who are present: 461, Female members of the family who are present: 443, 325 single males, 321 single females, 139 married males, 131 married females, 100 adult males unable to read or write, 91 females attending school, 82 males attending school, 67 adult females unable to read or write, 29 female births, 23 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, 12 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 8 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 67 males aged 5 to 10, 66 females aged 5 to 10, 64 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 25 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 928 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $214,630 value farms (dollars), 47,067 bushels of oats, $26,906 value all livestock, 23,977 pounds of homemade butter, $14,573 value farm implements in dollars, 13,895 pounds of maple sugar, 12,606 acres of land in farms, $12,019 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,044 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,026 bushels of potatoes, 5,679 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,562 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,801 acres of farmland under crops, 3,884 bushels of peas, 3,333 bushels of buckwheat, 3,078 acres of oats, 2,356 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,269 bushels of spring wheat, 2,179 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,057 bushels of barley, $970 value garden and orchard crops, 796 sheep, 761 tons of hay, 393 calves and heifers, 375 bushels of rye, 367 barrels of pork, 349 acres of peas, 349 milk cows, 284 acres of buckwheat, 233 swine, 229 acres of spring wheat, 201 horses aged over 3 years, 132 occupants of farms, 109 acres of potatoes, 93 acres of barley, 75 barrels of beef, 66 horses aged 3 years and under, 65 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 acres of farmland in gardens, 50 acres of rye, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 bushels of turnips, 27 bulls, oxen, or steers, 16 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3 bushels of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,259 yards of linen, $2,467 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,071 yards of fulled cloth, 1,698 yards of flannel, 207 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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. Sévère, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-s-v-re-qc052005-1861/.