Ste. Croix, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Ste. Croix (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in Lotbinière County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,212. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.600°N, 71.686°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Croix had a population of 2,212: 1,070 male and 1,142 female residents. Population density was 57.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	2,188
1861	2,212
1871	2,260
1881	2,377
1891	2,309
1901	2,136
1911	1,819
1921	1,682

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 324 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (28 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	1,026
Females present who are not members of the family	116
Male members of the family who are present	973
Males present who are not members of the family	97
Number of adult females unable to read or write	134
Number of adult males unable to read or write	164
Number of blind females	1
Number of deaf and dumb females	1
Number of deaf and dumb males	1
Number of female births in the past year	57
Number of females	1,142
Number of females attending school	214
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of lunatic males	4
Number of male births in the past year	39
Number of males	1,070
Number of males attending school	117
Number of married females	323
Number of married males	323
Number of single females	767
Number of single males	727
Number of widowed females	52
Number of widowed males	20
POP FX N.1	1,142
POP MX N.1	1,070
POP TOT	2,212
POP XX N.1	2,212
Total population	2,212

Age structure (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	22
Number of females aged 1 to 2	33
Number of females aged 2 to 3	36
Number of females aged 4 to 5	31
Number of females aged 5 to 10	155
Number of males aged 1 to 2	44
Number of males aged 2 to 3	40
Number of males aged 3 to 4	31
Number of males aged 4 to 5	48
Number of males aged 5 to 10	154
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	8
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	79
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	87
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	74
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	43
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	20
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	10
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	56
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	97
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	73
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	44
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	29
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	16
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	7
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	137
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	159
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	103
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	20
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	6
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	3
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	1
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	3
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	128
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	120
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	89
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	18
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	7
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	5
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	6
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	14
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	17
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	10
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	5
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	3
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	7
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	4
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2,173
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	34
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	2
Number of persons originating in Ireland	2
Number of persons originating in Scotland	1

Agriculture (79 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	99
Acres of buckwheat	151
Acres of corn	8
Acres of farmland in gardens	105
Acres of farmland in pasture	6,384
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	17,489
Acres of farmland under crops	8,793
Acres of farmland under cultivation	15,282
Acres of land in farms	32,771
Acres of mangel wurtzel	9
Acres of oats	4,875
Acres of peas	326
Acres of potatoes	346
Acres of rye	12
Acres of spring wheat	406
Acres of turnips	3
Acres of winter wheat	184
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	130
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	510
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,157
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	60
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	2,103
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	9
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	73
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	150
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	122
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	75,806
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,642
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	24,958
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	152
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	3,961
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	343
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	1,564
C18 WHT FALL AC	184
C19 WHT FALL BU	1,564
C20 WHT SP AC	406
C21 WHT SP BU	3,961
C22 BAR AC	99
C23 BAR BU	1,157
C24 RYE AC	12
C25 RYE BU	152
C26 PEA AC	326
C27 PEA BU	2,642
C28 OAT AC	4,875
C29 OAT BU	75,806
C30 BWT AC	151
C31 BWT BU	2,103
C34 POT AC	346
C35 POT BU	24,958
C43 HAY TONS	2,260
C47 WOOL LBS	7,544
C63 BEEF BAR	130
C64 PORK BAR	510
HRS ov03 V	26,819
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	859
Number of calves and heifers	1,192
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	81
Number of horses aged over 3 years	426
Number of milk cows	979
Number of occupants of farms	292
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	73
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	21
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	124
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	44
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	24
Number of sheep	2,390
Number of swine	803
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	88
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	5,003
Pounds of homemade butter	54,400
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	22
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	872
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	7,544
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,260
Value of all livestock	61,866
Value of farm implements in dollars	15,225
Value of farms (dollars)	459,355
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	2,351

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	671
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	10,329
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	3,590
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	4,145
Yards of linen produced in the past year	6,860

Deaths & mortality (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	5
Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	7
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	12

Other recorded variables (142 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	292
C02 OCC UNDR 10	24
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	6
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	21
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	124
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	73
C07 OCC OVR 200	44
C08 HELD	32,771
C09 UNDR CULT	15,282
C1 Males	1,070
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	8,793
C11 UNDR PAST	6,384
C12 GARDENS	105
C12 Under 2 Years M	44
C120 Married M	323
C121 Single M	727
C122 Widowed M	20
C123 Total M	1,070
C124 Married F	323
C125 Single F	767
C126 Widows F	52
C127 Total F	1,142
C128 Grand Total	2,212
C129 Deaths M	7
C13 Under 2 Years F	33
C13 WOOD WILD	17,489
C130 Deaths F	5
C131 Deaths Total	12
C136 Attending School M	117
C137 Attending School F	214
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	164
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	134
C14 CASH FARM	459,355
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	3
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	1
C141 Deaf and Dumb F	1
C143 Blind F	1
C144 Lunatics M	4
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	15,225
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	2
C16 GARDN VALUE	2,351
C16 Under 3 years M	40
C17 Under 3 years F	36
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	1
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	1,142
C20 Under 4 years M	31
C21 Under 4 years F	22
C22 Deaths under 4 years M	1
C23 Deaths under 4 years F	1
C24 Under 5 years M	48
C25 Under 5 years F	31
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	154
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	155
C3 Total	2,212
C32 INDN CRN AC	8
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	128
C33 INDN CRN BU	150
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	137
C36 TUR AC	3
C37 TUR BU	343
C38 CAR BU	9
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	120
C39 MAN WURT AC	9
C4 Members of Family M	973
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	8
C40 MAN WURT BU	122
C41 BEN BU	60
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	159
C42 CLV TIM GRA	73
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	56
C44 HOP LBS	22
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	89
C45 MPL SGR LBS	872
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	1
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	79
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	103
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	4,145
C49 FLAN YRDS	3,590
C5 Members of Family F	1,026
C50 FLX HEM LBS	5,003
C51 LIN YRDS	6,860
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	97
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	859
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	18
C53 MILK COWS	979
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	1,192
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	87
C55 HORSES	426
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	20
C56 HORSES VAL	26,819
C57 COLTS FILLIES	81
C58 SHEEP	2,390
C59 SWINE	803
C6 Not Members of Family M	97
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	73
C60 TOT VALUE	61,866
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	7
C61 BUTTER LB	54,400
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	3
C62 CHEESE LB	88
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	74
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	6
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	6
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	44
C68 CAR PLEASURE	671
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	5
C69 VALUE DOL P	10,329
C7 Not Members of Family F	116
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	4
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	43
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	3
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	14
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	29
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	2
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	7
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	20
C8 Births in 1860 M	39
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	1
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	17
C82 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths M	1
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	16
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	2
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	4
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	10
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	3
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	10
C9 Births in 1860 F	57
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	7
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	2
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	5
CD NAME	Lotbinière
England and Wales	2
Ireland	2
Natives of Canada French Origin	2,173
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	34
Scotland	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC030005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068007 — 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). "Ste. Croix, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-croix-qc030005-1861/.