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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

St. Tite and Chantiers, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Tite and Chantiers was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,179. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.808°N, 72.654°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Tite and Chantiers had a population of 2,179: 1,712 male and 467 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Tite and Chantiers shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,179 total population, 1,712 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,663, 1,122 single males, 733 adult males unable to read or write, 569 married males, 467 females, Female members of the family who are present: 447, 295 single females, 162 married females, 67 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, 32 males attending school, 31 male births, 23 female births, 21 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 18 females attending school, 10 widowed females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 471 single males aged 20 to 30, 262 single males aged 15 to 20, 212 married males aged 30 to 40, 150 married males aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 40 to 50, 97 males aged 5 to 10, 83 females aged 5 to 10, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 single males aged 30 to 40, 59 single females aged 10 to 15, 52 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 males of unknown age, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 28 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 9 females of unknown age, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,138 French Canadians, 16 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $94,710 value farms (dollars), $39,261 value all livestock, $30,197 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,109 acres of land in farms, 13,923 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,361 bushels of potatoes, 9,885 pounds of maple sugar, 9,605 bushels of oats, 4,899 pounds of homemade butter, $3,741 value farm implements in dollars, 2,270 bushels of turnips, 2,203 bushels of barley, 2,186 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,054 bushels of peas, 1,657 acres of farmland under crops, 1,541 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,161 pounds of wool produced on farms, 945 bushels of spring wheat, 882 horses aged over 3 years, 596 tons of hay, 595 bushels of buckwheat, 531 bushels of rye, 516 acres of farmland in pasture, 482 acres of oats, 422 sheep, $372 value garden and orchard crops, 309 swine, 262 calves and heifers, 248 bulls, oxen, or steers, 217 milk cows, 209 barrels of pork, 181 acres of barley, 155 acres of peas, 154 occupants of farms, 117 acres of potatoes, 104 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 acres of spring wheat, 51 barrels of beef, 47 acres of rye, 35 acres of buckwheat, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13 acres of farmland in gardens, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,025 yards of linen, 1,008 yards of flannel, 632 yards of fulled cloth, $623 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 46 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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. Tite and Chantiers, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-tite-and-chantiers-qc012012-1861/.