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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3464445

Ste. Elizabeth, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Elizabeth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,936. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464445. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.103°N, 73.381°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Elizabeth had a population of 2,936: 1,431 male and 1,505 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,432
18612,936
18712,753
18812,980
18912,725
19012,696
19112,372
19212,276

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. Elizabeth shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,936 total population, 1,505 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,436, 1,431 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,393, 981 single females, 916 single males, 483 married males, 466 married females, 435 adult males unable to read or write, 410 adult females unable to read or write, 189 males attending school, 155 females attending school, 71 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, 58 widowed females, 48 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, 32 widowed males, 4 blind males, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 236 females aged 5 to 10, 211 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 190 single males aged 10 to 15, 180 single females aged 15 to 20, 175 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 20 to 30, 111 married females aged 40 to 50, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 49 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,930 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $603,943 value farms (dollars), 119,998 pounds of maple sugar, 90,906 bushels of oats, $76,741 value all livestock, $37,405 value horses aged over 3 years, 36,226 acres of land in farms, 25,540 bushels of peas, 24,049 acres of farmland under cultivation, 23,401 pounds of homemade butter, 22,644 bushels of potatoes, $15,835 value farm implements in dollars, 15,319 acres of farmland under crops, 12,177 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,720 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,600 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,487 pounds of flax or hemp, 6,559 acres of oats, 4,213 bushels of barley, 3,690 bushels of rye, 3,187 bushels of buckwheat, 2,894 sheep, 2,299 tons of hay, 2,212 acres of peas, 2,028 bushels of spring wheat, 1,108 milk cows, 1,107 calves and heifers, 984 swine, 777 acres of rye, 771 horses aged over 3 years, 686 barrels of pork, 360 acres of buckwheat, 358 occupants of farms, 290 acres of barley, 284 bushels of corn, $270 value garden and orchard crops, 269 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 266 acres of spring wheat, 252 horses aged 3 years and under, 250 barrels of beef, 205 acres of potatoes, 174 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 159 bushels of winter wheat, 158 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 121 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 101 bushels of turnips, 95 bulls, oxen, or steers, 89 bushels of carrots, 74 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 25 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 24 acres of corn, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 acres of winter wheat, 10 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 bushels of beans, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 11,980 yards of linen, $10,031 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,221 yards of flannel, 3,054 yards of fulled cloth, 819 carriages for pleasure, $500 value carriages for hire (dollars), 15 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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. Elizabeth, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-elizabeth-qc025008-1861/.