St. Valentin, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Valentin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,915. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912847. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.152°N, 73.313°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Valentin had a population of 2,915: 1,508 male and 1,407 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Valentin (part), 1851 (3.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Lacolle, VL
• St. Cyprien and Convent
• St. Jean, Parish
• Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie)

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,915 total population, 1,508 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,476, 1,407 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,371, 1,040 single males, 912 single females, 465 married females, 451 married males, 109 adult males unable to read or write, 97 adult females unable to read or write, 88 males attending school, 75 females attending school, 66 female births, 65 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 30 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 222 males aged 5 to 10, 221 females aged 5 to 10, 184 single females aged 10 to 15, 180 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 married females aged 20 to 30, 156 married males aged 30 to 40, 153 married females aged 30 to 40, 144 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 single females aged 15 to 20, 136 single males aged 20 to 30, 106 married males aged 40 to 50, 80 married males aged 20 to 30, 76 single males aged 30 to 40, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 58 females age 3 to 4, 57 females aged 1 to 2, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 53 married females aged 50 to 60, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 47 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 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 2,756 French Canadians, 134 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 18 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $813,694 value farms (dollars), 109,964 bushels of oats, $93,377 value all livestock, $44,882 value horses aged over 3 years, 40,050 bushels of potatoes, $28,873 value farm implements in dollars, 28,086 pounds of homemade butter, 26,377 acres of land in farms, 19,863 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,966 bushels of spring wheat, 15,286 bushels of peas, 14,208 acres of farmland under crops, 7,351 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,294 bushels of barley, 6,851 bushels of buckwheat, 6,514 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,529 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,446 acres of oats, 4,092 pounds of maple sugar, 3,862 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,292 sheep, 1,928 acres of spring wheat, 1,634 bushels of carrots, $1,402 value garden and orchard crops, 1,400 tons of hay, 1,204 acres of peas, 1,141 calves and heifers, 1,083 swine, 1,028 milk cows, 881 bushels of corn, 860 horses aged over 3 years, 671 barrels of pork, 435 acres of buckwheat, 430 horses aged 3 years and under, 409 bulls, oxen, or steers, 377 acres of barley, 308 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 278 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of turnips, 220 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 201 occupants of farms, 158 pounds of hops, 141 barrels of beef, 126 acres of farmland in gardens, 105 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 103 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 acres of corn, 41 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 36 bushels of beans, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $15,198 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,600 yards of flannel, 2,511 yards of fulled cloth, 746 yards of linen, 490 carriages for pleasure, $186 value carriages for hire (dollars), 11 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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: QC051007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC092008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912847

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. Valentin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valentin-qc051007-1861/.