Ste. Angélique, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Angélique was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,553. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.640°N, 75.044°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Angélique had a population of 1,553: 850 male and 703 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 Petite Nation, 1851 (13.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ste. Angélique shared boundaries with:

• Lochaber
• Petite Nation

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,553 total population, 850 males, Male members of the family who are present: 712, 703 females, 573 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 558, 441 single females, 267 married males, 247 married females, 204 adult males unable to read or write, 153 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 145, Males present who are not members of the family: 138, 45 females attending school, 40 males attending school, 38 male births, 26 female births, 15 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 130 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 males aged 5 to 10, 102 females aged 5 to 10, 102 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 single females aged 15 to 20, 93 single males aged 15 to 20, 92 single females aged 10 to 15, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 61 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,264 French Canadians, 185 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 63 persons originating in Ireland, 26 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $148,472 value farms (dollars), $36,558 value all livestock, 29,012 acres of land in farms, $27,865 value horses aged over 3 years, 27,229 pounds of homemade butter, 23,181 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,934 bushels of oats, 14,799 bushels of potatoes, $6,000 value farm implements in dollars, 5,831 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,325 pounds of maple sugar, 3,380 acres of farmland under crops, 3,359 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,190 bushels of peas, 2,671 bushels of turnips, 2,389 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,230 bushels of spring wheat, 2,012 bushels of corn, $1,856 value garden and orchard crops, 1,530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,328 bushels of buckwheat, 1,207 tons of hay, 1,175 sheep, 882 acres of oats, 597 swine, 585 bulls, oxen, or steers, 571 calves and heifers, 567 milk cows, 562 bushels of rye, 487 horses aged over 3 years, 440 barrels of beef, 401 barrels of pork, 352 occupants of farms, 310 acres of spring wheat, 273 acres of peas, 184 bushels of carrots, 157 horses aged 3 years and under, 133 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 129 acres of potatoes, 129 bushels of barley, 105 acres of buckwheat, 102 pounds of flax or hemp, 100 acres of corn, 98 acres of barley, 93 acres of rye, 85 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 62 acres of farmland in gardens, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 gallons of cider, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,606 yards of flannel, 1,287 yards of fulled cloth, $1,168 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 66 carriages for pleasure, 49 yards of linen. (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 females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039035 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062049 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912898

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). "Ste. Angélique, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ang-lique-qc039035-1861/.