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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463396

St. Stanislas, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Stanislas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,378. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463396. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.684°N, 72.417°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Stanislas had a population of 2,378: 1,218 male and 1,160 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,378
18712,703
18813,235
18912,456
19012,294
19112,303

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,378 total population, 1,218 males, 1,160 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,155, Female members of the family who are present: 1,059, 853 single males, 784 single females, 347 married females, 343 married males, 317 adult males unable to read or write, 268 adult females unable to read or write, 172 females attending school, 166 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 101, 64 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 48 female births, 29 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 203 males aged 5 to 10, 175 females aged 5 to 10, 174 single males aged 10 to 15, 155 single females aged 10 to 15, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 145 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married females aged 30 to 40, 92 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 females age 3 to 4, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,374 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $264,865 value farms (dollars), 48,974 bushels of oats, $48,911 value all livestock, 31,174 acres of land in farms, 28,225 pounds of maple sugar, $23,952 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,329 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,189 bushels of potatoes, 12,385 pounds of homemade butter, $12,297 value farm implements in dollars, 8,845 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,054 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,047 acres of farmland under crops, 4,195 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,821 bushels of spring wheat, 3,797 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,187 bushels of peas, 2,967 bushels of barley, 2,670 bushels of buckwheat, 2,644 bushels of turnips, 2,476 acres of oats, 2,054 tons of hay, 1,864 sheep, 923 swine, 851 milk cows, 810 bulls, oxen, or steers, 628 bushels of rye, 529 barrels of pork, 526 calves and heifers, 386 horses aged over 3 years, 365 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 356 acres of spring wheat, 316 occupants of farms, 283 acres of peas, 272 acres of barley, 215 acres of buckwheat, 180 acres of potatoes, 164 barrels of beef, 143 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 68 acres of rye, 65 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 horses aged 3 years and under, $41 value garden and orchard crops, 35 acres of turnips, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of corn, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,240 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,599 yards of linen, 3,010 yards of flannel, 2,656 yards of fulled cloth, 467 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 5 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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. Stanislas, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-stanislas-qc012011-1861/.