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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141420

Ste. Marie, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Marie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141420. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.421°N, 73.141°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Marie had a population of 3,721: 1,879 male and 1,842 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,721 total population, 1,879 males, 1,842 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,797, Female members of the family who are present: 1,761, 1,280 single males, 1,233 single females, 575 married females, 567 married males, 560 adult males unable to read or write, 435 adult females unable to read or write, 300 males attending school, 286 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 82, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, 62 male births, 44 female births, 34 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, 6 lunatic females, 5 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 302 females aged 5 to 10, 285 males aged 5 to 10, 258 single males aged 10 to 15, 244 single females aged 10 to 15, 228 single females aged 15 to 20, 218 single males aged 15 to 20, 179 married females aged 20 to 30, 163 married females aged 30 to 40, 154 married males aged 30 to 40, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 122 married males aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 97 married males aged 50 to 60, 90 females aged 1 to 2, 75 males aged 1 to 2, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 70 males aged 2 to 3, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 67 females aged 2 to 3, 66 males aged 4 to 5, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 58 married males aged 60 to 70, 56 females age 3 to 4, 46 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males 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 3,711 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,519,020 value farms (dollars), $241,838 value all livestock, $97,290 value horses aged over 3 years, $90,678 value farm implements in dollars, 77,123 bushels of oats, 54,990 pounds of homemade butter, 49,319 bushels of potatoes, 39,785 bushels of peas, 37,266 acres of land in farms, 35,554 bushels of spring wheat, 30,409 acres of farmland under cultivation, 24,773 bushels of barley, 21,226 acres of farmland under crops, 18,365 pounds of maple sugar, 13,967 pounds of wool produced on farms, 12,440 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,909 acres of farmland in pasture, $8,222 value garden and orchard crops, 6,857 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,167 acres of oats, 4,811 tons of hay, 4,583 sheep, 3,154 acres of spring wheat, 2,934 acres of peas, 2,096 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,876 horses aged over 3 years, 1,750 milk cows, 1,730 swine, 1,653 calves and heifers, 1,546 bushels of buckwheat, 1,369 acres of barley, 1,150 bulls, oxen, or steers, 738 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 717 bushels of corn, 647 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 530 horses aged 3 years and under, 455 occupants of farms, 423 acres of potatoes, 309 barrels of pork, 274 acres of farmland in gardens, 250 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 168 barrels of beef, 122 bushels of rye, 98 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 91 acres of buckwheat, 69 bushels of beans, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 38 acres of corn, 29 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 acres of mangel wurtzel, 6 acres of rye, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,335 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,007 yards of fulled cloth, 7,635 yards of linen, 6,800 yards of flannel, 497 carriages for pleasure, $221 value carriages for hire (dollars), 21 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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.

NameLifespanConnection
Jean-Roch Rolland1785–1862died here

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. Marie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marie-qc046006-1861/.