St. Thomas, Quebec (1861 census)
St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,020. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912821. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.945°N, 70.539°W.
Population
In 1861, St. Thomas had a population of 3,020: 1,528 male and 1,492 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 3,020 |
| 1871 | 2,893 |
| 1881 | 3,162 |
| 1891 | 2,849 |
| 1901 | 2,698 |
| 1911 | — |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, St. Thomas shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,020 total population, 1,528 males, 1,492 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,482, Female members of the family who are present: 1,438, 1,068 single males, 1,024 single females, 416 married males, 400 married females, 276 adult males unable to read or write, 252 adult females unable to read or write, 185 males attending school, 179 females attending school, 68 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 50 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 46, 44 widowed males, 43 female births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 222 single males aged 20 to 30, 202 single females aged 20 to 30, 190 single females aged 15 to 20, 181 females aged 5 to 10, 180 males aged 5 to 10, 180 single males aged 10 to 15, 180 single males aged 15 to 20, 166 single females aged 10 to 15, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 112 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 50 to 60, 77 married females aged 50 to 60, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 43 males aged 4 to 5, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 males of unknown age, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,020 French Canadians, 4 Indigenous persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $588,002 value farms (dollars), 127,816 pounds of homemade butter, $92,732 value all livestock, 65,075 bushels of oats, 46,296 bushels of potatoes, $33,177 value horses aged over 3 years, 32,787 acres of land in farms, 27,655 pounds of maple sugar, $24,018 value farm implements in dollars, 16,916 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,871 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,318 acres of farmland under crops, 8,267 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,452 bushels of spring wheat, 7,030 pounds of wool produced on farms, $6,225 value garden and orchard crops, 4,704 tons of hay, 3,990 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,334 acres of oats, 3,050 bushels of rye, 3,042 bushels of barley, 1,775 bushels of turnips, 1,668 sheep, 1,541 milk cows, 1,449 barrels of pork, 1,028 swine, 841 bushels of peas, 803 calves and heifers, 713 acres of spring wheat, 523 horses aged over 3 years, 377 barrels of beef, 361 occupants of farms, 352 acres of rye, 346 acres of potatoes, 331 acres of farmland in gardens, 235 bulls, oxen, or steers, 154 acres of barley, 123 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 77 bushels of corn, 73 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 70 acres of peas, 56 bushels of beans, 53 bushels of buckwheat, 49 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 45 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 39 bushels of carrots, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 25 pounds of hops, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 7 acres of buckwheat, 7 acres of turnips, 3 acres of corn, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $13,590 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,089 yards of flannel, 4,706 yards of linen, 3,698 yards of fulled cloth, 774 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 181 barrels of salted fish sold, 63 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 5,467 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 50 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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.) 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.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Étienne-Paschal Taché | 1795–1865 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC035012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC177011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912821
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. Thomas, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc035012-1861/.