St. Urbain, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Urbain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 761. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.601°N, 70.579°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Urbain had a population of 761: 382 male and 379 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• De Sales
• NO DATA
• Settrington

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 761 total population, 382 males, 379 females, Male members of the family who are present: 353, Female members of the family who are present: 342, 255 single males, 238 single females, 127 married females, 115 married males, 109 adult males unable to read or write, 67 adult females unable to read or write, 56 females attending school, 47 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 16 male births, 15 female births, 14 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 48 single females aged 10 to 15, 48 single males aged 10 to 15, 41 females aged 5 to 10, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 males aged 5 to 10, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females age 3 to 4, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 761 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $106,714 value farms (dollars), $24,450 value all livestock, 19,880 pounds of homemade butter, 17,885 acres of land in farms, 11,813 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,352 bushels of potatoes, $8,484 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,476 bushels of rye, 7,326 bushels of oats, 6,072 acres of farmland under cultivation, $5,454 value farm implements in dollars, 3,738 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,534 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,301 acres of farmland under crops, 2,285 bushels of barley, 1,823 bushels of spring wheat, 1,331 bushels of peas, 1,250 pounds of maple sugar, $1,246 value garden and orchard crops, 1,150 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,135 bushels of buckwheat, 971 sheep, 931 acres of rye, 662 tons of hay, 533 bulls, oxen, or steers, 391 calves and heifers, 378 acres of oats, 280 swine, 261 milk cows, 248 acres of spring wheat, 207 barrels of pork, 154 acres of peas, 136 horses aged over 3 years, 126 acres of barley, 117 occupants of farms, 87 acres of potatoes, 66 acres of buckwheat, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 41 barrels of beef, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 acres of farmland in gardens, 31 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,993 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,670 yards of linen, 1,648 yards of flannel, 1,583 yards of fulled cloth, 169 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC013012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048011_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912843

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, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-urbain-qc013012-1861/.