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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie), Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,425. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.294°N, 73.348°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie) had a population of 2,425: 1,284 male and 1,141 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie) shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,425 total population, 1,284 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,243, 1,141 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,106, 851 single males, 711 single females, 411 married males, 407 married females, 161 adult males unable to read or write, 116 adult females unable to read or write, 112 females attending school, 104 males attending school, 60 male births, 45 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, Females present who are not members of the family: 35, 23 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 237 single males aged 15 to 20, 183 males aged 5 to 10, 168 females aged 5 to 10, 159 married females aged 20 to 30, 133 single females aged 10 to 15, 132 single males aged 10 to 15, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 120 married males aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 married females aged 30 to 40, 97 married males aged 40 to 50, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 males aged 1 to 2, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females age 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,212 French Canadians, 133 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 65 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $807,488 value farms (dollars), $91,734 value all livestock, 68,942 bushels of oats, $49,934 value horses aged over 3 years, 43,395 pounds of homemade butter, $40,960 value farm implements in dollars, 38,193 bushels of peas, 26,949 bushels of potatoes, 25,713 acres of land in farms, 22,870 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,371 acres of farmland under crops, 14,747 bushels of barley, 12,300 bushels of spring wheat, 7,716 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,413 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,813 pounds of maple sugar, 4,656 acres of oats, 3,932 bushels of buckwheat, $3,325 value garden and orchard crops, 3,267 acres of peas, 2,843 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,130 sheep, 1,603 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,546 tons of hay, 1,190 acres of spring wheat, 1,030 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,002 milk cows, 996 bulls, oxen, or steers, 994 calves and heifers, 953 swine, 877 horses aged over 3 years, 843 acres of barley, 827 barrels of pork, 808 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 432 horses aged 3 years and under, 425 bushels of corn, 416 bushels of carrots, 409 barrels of beef, 365 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 255 acres of buckwheat, 209 occupants of farms, 180 acres of potatoes, 86 acres of farmland in gardens, 76 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 66 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 bushels of turnips, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 acres of corn, 14 pounds of hops, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of rye, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,322 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,394 yards of flannel, 2,281 yards of fulled cloth, $1,302 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1,260 yards of linen, 448 carriages for pleasure, 138 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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. Marguerite (L’Acadie), Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marguerite-l-acadie-qc051006-1861/.