St. Zéphirin, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Zéphirin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.040°N, 72.576°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Zéphirin had a population of 1,641: 839 male and 802 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Zéphirin, 1871 (75.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• La Baie
• Pierreville, VL
• Ste. Monique
• Wendover

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,641 total population, 839 males, 802 females, Male members of the family who are present: 798, Female members of the family who are present: 775, 587 single males, 550 single females, 240 married males, 235 married females, 224 adult males unable to read or write, 188 adult females unable to read or write, 130 females attending school, 96 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, 40 male births, 38 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 27, 17 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 132 females aged 5 to 10, 120 males aged 5 to 10, 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 102 single females aged 10 to 15, 99 single males aged 15 to 20, 86 married females aged 30 to 40, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 20 to 30, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females age 3 to 4, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,456 French Canadians, 159 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $202,980 value farms (dollars), $32,097 value all livestock, 24,423 bushels of oats, 23,321 bushels of potatoes, 23,285 acres of land in farms, 21,222 pounds of maple sugar, 17,197 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,540 pounds of homemade butter, $15,568 value horses aged over 3 years, 8,865 bushels of spring wheat, 6,133 bushels of peas, 6,088 acres of farmland under cultivation, $4,854 value farm implements in dollars, 4,512 acres of farmland under crops, 3,306 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,555 bushels of buckwheat, 2,488 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,656 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1,548 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,414 acres of oats, 1,345 sheep, 1,247 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,147 acres of spring wheat, 722 acres of peas, 698 tons of hay, 609 bushels of barley, 522 milk cows, 511 swine, 508 bushels of turnips, 483 barrels of pork, 432 calves and heifers, $347 value garden and orchard crops, 300 horses aged over 3 years, 217 occupants of farms, 202 acres of buckwheat, 196 acres of potatoes, 176 bushels of rye, 137 barrels of beef, 130 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 94 bushels of corn, 93 horses aged 3 years and under, 63 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 acres of turnips, 28 acres of farmland in gardens, 28 acres of rye, 21 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 bushels of carrots, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of corn, 4 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,637 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,134 yards of linen, 2,396 yards of fulled cloth, 2,269 yards of flannel, 321 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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: QC060006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC206014 — 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. Zéphirin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-z-phirin-qc060006-1861/.