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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112913108

Ste. Scholastique, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Scholastique, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,204. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913108. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.655°N, 74.085°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Scholastique, Parish had a population of 3,204: 1,668 male and 1,536 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. Scholastique, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,204 total population, 1,668 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,557, 1,536 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,402, 1,193 single males, 1,074 single females, 442 married males, 422 adult males unable to read or write, 413 married females, 315 adult females unable to read or write, 257 females attending school, 243 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 134, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, 70 male births, 50 female births, 49 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 241 single males aged 10 to 15, 233 females aged 5 to 10, 226 males aged 5 to 10, 204 single females aged 10 to 15, 189 single males aged 15 to 20, 182 single females aged 15 to 20, 151 single males aged 20 to 30, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 115 single females aged 20 to 30, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 20 to 30, 87 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 females aged 1 to 2, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 males aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,131 French Canadians, 51 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 10 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $925,730 value farms (dollars), $135,763 value all livestock, 115,725 pounds of homemade butter, 95,642 bushels of oats, $78,136 value horses aged over 3 years, $52,782 value farm implements in dollars, 46,434 bushels of potatoes, 38,610 pounds of maple sugar, 30,462 acres of land in farms, 21,729 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,188 acres of farmland under crops, 14,956 bushels of spring wheat, 14,096 bushels of barley, 8,733 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,611 bushels of peas, 8,062 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,441 bushels of buckwheat, 6,422 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,372 acres of oats, 4,349 pounds of flax or hemp, $3,263 value garden and orchard crops, 3,041 tons of hay, 2,493 sheep, 1,467 acres of spring wheat, 1,431 milk cows, 1,428 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,298 calves and heifers, 1,176 bushels of carrots, 1,167 barrels of pork, 1,163 acres of barley, 1,073 swine, 866 horses aged over 3 years, 822 acres of peas, 576 bushels of corn, 529 bushels of winter wheat, 522 bulls, oxen, or steers, 488 horses aged 3 years and under, 470 acres of buckwheat, 444 occupants of farms, 418 bushels of rye, 414 barrels of beef, 381 acres of potatoes, 290 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 163 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 151 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 119 acres of farmland in gardens, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 80 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 53 acres of winter wheat, 46 acres of rye, 37 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of turnips, 30 gallons of cider, 27 acres of corn, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of mangel wurtzel, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $23,777 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,279 yards of fulled cloth, 4,919 yards of linen, 3,920 yards of flannel, 616 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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, 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 50 to 60: 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. Scholastique, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-scholastique-parish-qc056013-1861/.