Ste. Mélanie, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Mélanie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,298. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464378. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.161°N, 73.553°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Mélanie had a population of 2,298: 1,173 male and 1,125 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Mélanie, 1871 (66.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Cathcart
• Kildare
• St. Ambroise
• St. Félix
• St. Jean de Matha
• Ste. Elizabeth

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,298 total population, 1,173 males, 1,125 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,095, Female members of the family who are present: 1,065, 774 single males, 755 single females, 382 married males, 346 married females, 231 adult males unable to read or write, 155 adult females unable to read or write, 115 females attending school, 99 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 48 male births, 32 female births, 24 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 8 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 178 females aged 5 to 10, 169 males aged 5 to 10, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 141 single males aged 10 to 15, 128 single females aged 15 to 20, 126 single males aged 15 to 20, 116 married females aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 100 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married males aged 30 to 40, 86 single males aged 20 to 30, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females age 3 to 4, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 44 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 19 males of unknown age, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 females of unknown age, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,277 French Canadians, 13 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $297,867 value farms (dollars), $43,992 value all livestock, 42,142 bushels of oats, 34,305 acres of land in farms, 31,512 bushels of potatoes, 29,806 pounds of maple sugar, 24,238 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,363 pounds of homemade butter, $22,430 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,067 acres of farmland under cultivation, $9,602 value farm implements in dollars, 6,501 bushels of rye, 5,857 acres of farmland under crops, 5,023 bushels of peas, 4,194 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,552 bushels of barley, 3,499 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,925 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,240 bushels of spring wheat, 1,611 bushels of carrots, 1,405 sheep, 1,342 tons of hay, 1,255 bushels of buckwheat, 814 acres of rye, 792 swine, 738 bulls, oxen, or steers, 707 milk cows, 689 calves and heifers, 540 bushels of turnips, $478 value garden and orchard crops, 459 horses aged over 3 years, 457 barrels of pork, 413 acres of peas, 413 bushels of corn, 384 occupants of farms, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 270 acres of oats, 261 acres of potatoes, 238 acres of barley, 232 acres of spring wheat, 175 horses aged 3 years and under, 167 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 114 acres of buckwheat, 108 barrels of beef, 95 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 74 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 acres of corn, 22 bushels of winter wheat, 20 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17 bushels of beans, 16 acres of farmland in gardens, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of winter wheat, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,508 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,793 yards of linen, 2,458 yards of flannel, 2,069 yards of fulled cloth, 329 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC025012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC060012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464378
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A9lanie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A9lanie

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. Mélanie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-m-lanie-qc025012-1861/.