St. Vincent de Paul, Convent, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Vincent de Paul, Convent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 88. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.617°N, 73.647°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Vincent de Paul, Convent had a population of 88: 10 male and 78 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Vincent de Paul, 1851 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Vincent de Paul, 1871 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Vincent de Paul, Convent shared boundaries with:

• St. Vincent de Paul

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 88 total population, 78 females, Females present who are not members of the family: 72, 65 single females, 40 females attending school, 19 adult females unable to read or write, 12 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 10, 10 males, 9 lunatic females, 7 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 6, 5 adult males unable to read or write, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 males attending school, 2 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 married females, 1 married males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 13 females aged 5 to 10, 7 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 10 to 15, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 males aged 5 to 10, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 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 87 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC028005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC028005 — 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. Vincent de Paul, Convent, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-vincent-de-paul-convent-qc028005-1861/.