Ste. Famille, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Famille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 888. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464255. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.949°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Famille had a population of 888: 456 male and 432 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. François
• St. Jean
• St. Laurent
• St. Pierre

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 888 total population, 456 males, 432 females, Male members of the family who are present: 425, Female members of the family who are present: 382, 311 single males, 307 single females, 134 adult males unable to read or write, 134 married males, 123 adult females unable to read or write, 105 married females, 57 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 49 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 20 widowed females, 13 male births, 11 widowed males, 10 female births, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 74 males aged 5 to 10, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 54 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 females aged 5 to 10, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 44 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 females of unknown age, 7 males of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 888 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $205,400 value farms (dollars), $22,324 value all livestock, 21,254 bushels of oats, 17,960 pounds of maple sugar, 14,482 bushels of potatoes, 11,629 pounds of homemade butter, 9,418 acres of land in farms, $8,874 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,081 bushels of turnips, 4,827 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,591 acres of farmland under cultivation, $3,277 value farm implements in dollars, 2,597 acres of farmland under crops, 2,487 bushels of spring wheat, 2,338 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,949 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,739 pounds of flax or hemp, $1,480 value garden and orchard crops, 1,336 bushels of peas, 1,213 bushels of rye, 1,016 sheep, 843 bushels of barley, 713 calves and heifers, 699 bulls, oxen, or steers, 515 acres of oats, 508 acres of potatoes, 496 tons of hay, 482 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 462 milk cows, 313 swine, 244 bushels of buckwheat, 223 acres of spring wheat, 161 acres of rye, 153 horses aged over 3 years, 126 acres of peas, 94 acres of barley, 79 barrels of pork, 77 barrels of beef, 77 occupants of farms, 67 bushels of beans, 54 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 45 acres of farmland in gardens, 42 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 39 acres of turnips, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 bushels of carrots, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 bushels of corn, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,269 yards of linen, 1,542 yards of fulled cloth, 1,362 yards of flannel, $886 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 22 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: QC036005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464255
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. Famille, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-famille-qc036005-1861/.