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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463460

St. Urbain Premier, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Urbain Premier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,081. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.210°N, 73.734°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Urbain Premier had a population of 2,081: 1,068 male and 1,013 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18612,081
18711,666
18811,317
18911,318
19011,222
19111,021
19211,014

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. Urbain Premier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,081 total population, 1,068 males, 1,013 females, Male members of the family who are present: 997, Female members of the family who are present: 937, 792 single males, 718 single females, 290 adult males unable to read or write, 282 adult females unable to read or write, 267 married males, 265 married females, 216 males attending school, 176 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 76, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, 46 male births, 43 female births, 30 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 180 single males aged 10 to 15, 163 females aged 5 to 10, 160 males aged 5 to 10, 152 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 single females aged 15 to 20, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 110 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 married males aged 30 to 40, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 33 females age 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,849 French Canadians, 170 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 38 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 10 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $523,839 value farms (dollars), $73,256 value all livestock, 41,179 bushels of oats, $35,478 value horses aged over 3 years, 20,742 bushels of peas, 18,712 pounds of homemade butter, $17,570 value farm implements in dollars, 15,555 bushels of potatoes, 15,393 acres of land in farms, 14,807 bushels of spring wheat, 14,447 bushels of barley, 10,779 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,696 acres of farmland under crops, 7,879 pounds of maple sugar, 5,045 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,614 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,874 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,191 acres of oats, 2,004 acres of farmland in pasture, $1,630 value garden and orchard crops, 1,625 sheep, 1,513 acres of peas, 1,341 acres of spring wheat, 927 tons of hay, 824 bushels of buckwheat, 789 acres of barley, 756 swine, 734 milk cows, 602 calves and heifers, 598 horses aged over 3 years, 489 barrels of pork, 342 horses aged 3 years and under, 294 occupants of farms, 223 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 184 acres of potatoes, 184 bushels of corn, 132 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 115 acres of buckwheat, 95 barrels of beef, 86 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 79 acres of farmland in gardens, 71 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 39 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 pounds of hops, 27 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 26 bushels of beans, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of corn, 10 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,826 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,738 yards of flannel, 2,176 yards of fulled cloth, 1,808 yards of linen, 299 carriages for pleasure, $68 value carriages for hire (dollars), 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, 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 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. Urbain Premier, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-urbain-premier-qc014007-1861/.