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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Ste. Philomène, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Philomène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 73.742°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Philomène had a population of 1,924: 973 male and 951 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18611,924
18711,548
18811,360
18911,105
19011,080
1911—
1921980

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,924 total population, 973 males, 951 females, Male members of the family who are present: 904, Female members of the family who are present: 882, 735 single males, 709 single females, 246 adult males unable to read or write, 222 married males, 219 married females, 209 adult females unable to read or write, 186 females attending school, 161 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, 38 male births, 33 female births, 23 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 147 males aged 5 to 10, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 138 females aged 5 to 10, 135 single females aged 15 to 20, 132 single males aged 10 to 15, 128 single males aged 15 to 20, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 99 single females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 57 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 females age 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 70 to 80, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 7 single males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,883 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $463,861 value farms (dollars), $83,429 value all livestock, 47,402 bushels of oats, $34,325 value horses aged over 3 years, $26,727 value farm implements in dollars, 23,348 pounds of homemade butter, 16,964 bushels of peas, 16,541 bushels of barley, 13,282 acres of land in farms, 12,332 bushels of potatoes, 12,161 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,039 pounds of maple sugar, 8,318 acres of farmland under crops, 6,915 bushels of buckwheat, 6,847 bushels of spring wheat, 4,110 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,642 acres of farmland in pasture, $2,566 value garden and orchard crops, 2,543 acres of oats, 2,133 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,392 bushels of corn, 1,310 acres of peas, 1,275 sheep, 1,121 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,019 tons of hay, 959 acres of barley, 770 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 734 bushels of carrots, 728 pounds of flax or hemp, 695 milk cows, 596 acres of spring wheat, 575 horses aged over 3 years, 573 swine, 563 calves and heifers, 478 barrels of pork, 402 acres of buckwheat, 348 horses aged 3 years and under, 201 acres of farmland in gardens, 180 occupants of farms, 157 acres of potatoes, 113 bushels of beans, 81 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 barrels of beef, 75 pounds of hops, 73 acres of corn, 62 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 61 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 bushels of turnips, 39 bulls, oxen, or steers, 30 bushels of rye, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,841 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,531 yards of flannel, 1,585 yards of fulled cloth, 729 yards of linen, $585 value carriages for hire (dollars), 318 carriages for pleasure, 60 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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. Philomène, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-philom-ne-qc014006-1861/.