Ste. Flore, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Flore was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 365. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.658°N, 72.774°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Flore had a population of 365: 208 male and 157 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 contained Chantiers, 1851 (1.3% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Chantiers, 1851 (1.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• NO DATA
• St. Boniface

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 365 total population, 208 males, 157 females, Female members of the family who are present: 156, Male members of the family who are present: 152, 123 single males, 99 single females, 84 married males, 58 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, 49 females attending school, 39 males attending school, 16 adult males unable to read or write, 13 adult females unable to read or write, 9 female births, 8 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 29 single males aged 20 to 30, 27 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 females aged 5 to 10, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 males aged 5 to 10, 20 single males aged 10 to 15, 17 single females aged 10 to 15, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 15 to 20, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 348 French Canadians, 12 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $33,741 value farms (dollars), 9,460 bushels of potatoes, 7,881 acres of land in farms, 7,172 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,684 pounds of maple sugar, 4,727 bushels of oats, $2,946 value all livestock, 1,517 bushels of barley, $1,433 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,429 bushels of turnips, $1,007 value farm implements in dollars, 853 pounds of homemade butter, 817 bushels of buckwheat, 709 acres of farmland under cultivation, 660 acres of farmland under crops, 239 acres of oats, 120 bushels of spring wheat, 100 bushels of peas, 100 bushels of rye, 96 acres of barley, 75 acres of potatoes, 71 swine, 71 pounds of wool produced on farms, 66 acres of buckwheat, 66 tons of hay, 56 occupants of farms, 50 bulls, oxen, or steers, 50 calves and heifers, 49 acres of farmland in pasture, 42 milk cows, 33 barrels of pork, 32 pounds of flax or hemp, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 28 sheep, 25 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 bushels of corn, 15 acres of spring wheat, 11 acres of peas, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of rye, $6 value garden and orchard crops, 3 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $202 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 67 yards of linen, 63 yards of flannel, 19 carriages for pleasure, 16 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC012006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093008_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912993

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. Flore, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-flore-qc012006-1861/.