St. Valier, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Valier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,409. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.871°N, 70.801°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Valier had a population of 1,409: 725 male and 684 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 was contained in St. Valier, 1851 (44.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Berthier
• St. François
• St. Michel
• St. Raphaël

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,409 total population, 725 males, 684 females, Male members of the family who are present: 646, Female members of the family who are present: 633, 496 single males, 446 single females, 210 married males, 208 married females, 96 adult males unable to read or write, 85 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, 63 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 51, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 35 female births, 30 widowed females, 22 male births, 19 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 100 single males aged 10 to 15, 92 males aged 5 to 10, 88 females aged 5 to 10, 86 single males aged 20 to 30, 74 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 single females aged 20 to 30, 60 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 married females aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 51 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,402 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $288,657 value farms (dollars), $56,262 value all livestock, 47,025 pounds of homemade butter, 41,377 bushels of oats, 24,129 bushels of potatoes, $18,414 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,966 acres of land in farms, $11,910 value farm implements in dollars, 11,110 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,602 acres of farmland under crops, 4,618 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,392 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,060 pounds of maple sugar, 3,027 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,864 bushels of spring wheat, $2,410 value garden and orchard crops, 2,372 tons of hay, 2,214 acres of oats, 2,050 bushels of rye, 1,210 bushels of turnips, 1,155 sheep, 960 barrels of pork, 856 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 845 bushels of barley, 759 milk cows, 695 swine, 669 bushels of peas, 469 calves and heifers, 370 acres of spring wheat, 280 horses aged over 3 years, 258 bulls, oxen, or steers, 219 acres of rye, 205 acres of potatoes, 182 bushels of buckwheat, 128 occupants of farms, 116 acres of farmland in gardens, 112 barrels of beef, 76 acres of barley, 74 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 70 acres of peas, 60 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 28 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 14 acres of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,806 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,873 yards of flannel, 3,357 yards of linen, 2,317 yards of fulled cloth, 353 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: QC007009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC042017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. Valier, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valier-qc007009-1861/.