St. Stanislas de Kotska, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Stanislas de Kotska was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,175. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.170°N, 74.097°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Stanislas de Kotska had a population of 1,175: 596 male and 579 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. Louis de Gonzague, 1851 (23.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Stanislas de Kostka, 1871 (73.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Stanislas de Kotska shared boundaries with:

• Huntingdon, Village, and Godmanchester
• St. Anicet
• St. Louis de Gonzague
• St. Malachie
• Ste. Cécile

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,175 total population, 596 males, 579 females, Female members of the family who are present: 533, Male members of the family who are present: 523, 390 single males, 379 single females, 196 married females, 196 married males, 143 adult males unable to read or write, 88 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 73, 66 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 36 female births, 35 females attending school, 26 male births, 10 widowed males, 4 widowed females, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 100 females aged 5 to 10, 91 males aged 5 to 10, 84 married females aged 20 to 30, 77 single males aged 10 to 15, 73 single females aged 10 to 15, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 single females aged 15 to 20, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 single males aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,034 French Canadians, 100 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $220,114 value farms (dollars), 13,962 bushels of oats, $13,540 value all livestock, 12,755 pounds of homemade butter, 8,835 acres of land in farms, $8,813 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,837 bushels of peas, 7,089 bushels of potatoes, $5,269 value farm implements in dollars, 5,041 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,010 bushels of spring wheat, 3,794 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,501 pounds of maple sugar, 2,269 acres of farmland under crops, 1,998 bushels of barley, 1,456 acres of farmland in pasture, $1,312 value garden and orchard crops, 1,243 pounds of wool produced on farms, 707 acres of oats, 575 acres of spring wheat, 539 acres of peas, 454 sheep, 406 pounds of flax or hemp, 348 bushels of turnips, 324 swine, 312 tons of hay, 307 milk cows, 294 calves and heifers, 283 bushels of buckwheat, 257 horses aged over 3 years, 196 bushels of corn, 187 barrels of pork, 177 bushels of carrots, 138 acres of barley, 137 occupants of farms, 119 horses aged 3 years and under, 111 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 86 acres of potatoes, 80 acres of buckwheat, 79 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 69 acres of farmland in gardens, 61 pounds of hops, 58 barrels of beef, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 bushels of beans, 23 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of corn, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,763 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 855 yards of flannel, 586 yards of fulled cloth, $168 value carriages for hire (dollars), 151 carriages for pleasure, 100 yards of linen, 18 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC006005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC006005 — 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. Stanislas de Kotska, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-stanislas-de-kotska-qc006005-1861/.