Ste. Martine, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Martine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,079. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913082. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.230°N, 73.807°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Martine had a population of 3,079: 1,582 male and 1,497 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 was contained in Ste. Martine, 1851 (67.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Clément
• St. Jean Chrysostôme
• St. Joachim de Chateauguay
• St. Malachie
• St. Urbain Premier
• Ste. Philomène

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,079 total population, 1,582 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,503, 1,497 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,433, 1,090 single males, 986 single females, 504 males attending school, 470 married males, 454 married females, 357 females attending school, 336 adult males unable to read or write, 325 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, Females present who are not members of the family: 64, 57 widowed females, 54 male births, 41 female births, 22 widowed males, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 247 males aged 5 to 10, 215 single males aged 10 to 15, 203 females aged 5 to 10, 196 single females aged 15 to 20, 195 single females aged 10 to 15, 175 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 112 single females aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 males aged 3 to 4, 52 females age 3 to 4, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 married males aged 70 to 80, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,648 French Canadians, 293 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 88 persons originating in the United States, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $548,060 value farms (dollars), $107,767 value all livestock, $54,409 value horses aged over 3 years, 45,584 bushels of oats, $36,960 value farm implements in dollars, 36,689 bushels of peas, 34,957 pounds of homemade butter, 23,534 acres of land in farms, 21,113 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,972 bushels of potatoes, 15,604 bushels of barley, 14,854 acres of farmland under crops, 11,931 bushels of spring wheat, 8,858 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,115 acres of farmland in pasture, $3,796 value garden and orchard crops, 3,359 bushels of buckwheat, 3,172 acres of oats, 2,953 acres of peas, 2,421 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,407 sheep, 1,930 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,274 bushels of carrots, 1,205 tons of hay, 1,170 milk cows, 1,098 acres of barley, 1,007 acres of spring wheat, 977 pounds of flax or hemp, 897 horses aged over 3 years, 888 calves and heifers, 845 swine, 689 acres of potatoes, 660 pounds of maple sugar, 598 barrels of pork, 457 horses aged 3 years and under, 301 occupants of farms, 259 bushels of corn, 214 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 176 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 174 barrels of beef, 160 acres of buckwheat, 160 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 144 acres of farmland in gardens, 96 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 84 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 59 bulls, oxen, or steers, 49 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 acres of corn, 7 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $15,448 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,016 yards of fulled cloth, 4,010 yards of flannel, 525 carriages for pleasure, 50 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 14, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC014005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC049006_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913082

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. Martine, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-martine-qc014005-1861/.