Ste. Cécile, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Cécile was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,220. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912944. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.234°N, 74.125°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Cécile had a population of 2,220: 1,102 male and 1,118 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. Timothée, 1851 (46.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Cécile, 1871 (79.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Anicet
• St. Louis de Gonzague
• St. Stanislas de Kotska
• St. Timothée

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,220 total population, 1,118 females, 1,102 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,087, Male members of the family who are present: 1,063, 729 single females, 718 single males, 373 married males, 359 married females, 306 adult females unable to read or write, 302 adult males unable to read or write, 150 males attending school, 142 females attending school, 60 female births, 48 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 39, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, 30 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 176 females aged 5 to 10, 162 single males aged 10 to 15, 161 males aged 5 to 10, 150 single females aged 10 to 15, 132 married females aged 20 to 30, 130 single males aged 15 to 20, 118 single females aged 15 to 20, 115 married males aged 20 to 30, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 30 to 40, 67 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females age 3 to 4, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,991 French Canadians, 132 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 49 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in England or Wales, 18 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $106,151 value farms (dollars), $35,288 value all livestock, 13,861 bushels of oats, $10,493 value horses aged over 3 years, $10,288 value farm implements in dollars, 9,098 pounds of homemade butter, 7,322 bushels of barley, 7,068 acres of land in farms, 5,497 bushels of potatoes, 5,100 bushels of spring wheat, 4,169 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,136 pounds of maple sugar, 3,772 bushels of peas, 2,899 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,514 acres of farmland under crops, $1,827 value garden and orchard crops, 1,574 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,201 pounds of wool produced on farms, 806 bushels of buckwheat, 622 acres of oats, 508 sheep, 499 swine, 476 acres of spring wheat, 378 acres of barley, 374 milk cows, 359 horses aged over 3 years, 336 bushels of corn, 326 tons of hay, 308 calves and heifers, 299 bushels of rye, 263 acres of peas, 235 bulls, oxen, or steers, 214 barrels of pork, 195 pounds of flax or hemp, 149 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 129 occupants of farms, 120 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 bushels of carrots, 94 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 85 acres of potatoes, 81 acres of farmland in gardens, 72 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 69 acres of buckwheat, 40 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 39 bushels of turnips, 33 pounds of hops, 25 acres of rye, 25 bushels of beans, 24 acres of corn, 13 barrels of beef, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of mangel wurtzel, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,728 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 781 yards of fulled cloth, 578 yards of flannel, 220 carriages for pleasure, 87 yards of linen, $30 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 18 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 11, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, 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 aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC006002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC006002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912944

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. Cécile, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-c-cile-qc006002-1861/.