Ste. Sophie, Quebec (1861 census)
Ste. Sophie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,684. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q684201. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.831°N, 73.919°W.
Population
In 1861, Ste. Sophie had a population of 1,684: 853 male and 831 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,684 |
| 1871 | 1,311 |
| 1881 | 1,625 |
| 1891 | 1,255 |
| 1901 | 1,112 |
| 1911 | 1,135 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained New Glasgow, Village, 1871 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Ste. Sophie 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 1,684 total population, 853 males, 831 females, Male members of the family who are present: 798, Female members of the family who are present: 781, 585 single males, 553 single females, 247 married males, 245 married females, 110 adult males unable to read or write, 101 males attending school, 97 adult females unable to read or write, 93 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 55, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 41 female births, 39 male births, 33 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 118 males aged 5 to 10, 113 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 10 to 15, 107 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 92 single females aged 15 to 20, 79 single males aged 20 to 30, 77 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 51 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,371 French Canadians, 201 persons originating in Ireland, 80 persons originating in Scotland, 17 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in France, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $161,336 value farms (dollars), 47,642 pounds of homemade butter, $37,384 value all livestock, 33,971 bushels of potatoes, 30,105 bushels of oats, 24,287 acres of land in farms, 16,639 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $15,413 value horses aged over 3 years, $9,065 value farm implements in dollars, 7,648 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,160 acres of farmland under crops, 3,673 pounds of maple sugar, 3,472 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,581 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,009 acres of oats, 1,408 bushels of barley, 1,236 bushels of peas, 1,112 tons of hay, 892 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 782 milk cows, 755 bushels of buckwheat, 666 sheep, 652 bushels of turnips, 500 pounds of flax or hemp, 499 bushels of carrots, 465 calves and heifers, $353 value garden and orchard crops, 308 horses aged over 3 years, 288 acres of potatoes, 279 bulls, oxen, or steers, 275 swine, 269 barrels of pork, 248 bushels of spring wheat, 207 occupants of farms, 191 horses aged 3 years and under, 188 barrels of beef, 130 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 116 acres of peas, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 92 acres of buckwheat, 86 acres of barley, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 bushels of rye, 29 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 acres of spring wheat, 17 bushels of winter wheat, 16 acres of farmland in gardens, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 pounds of hops, 8 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of corn, 3 acres of rye, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,656 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,297 yards of flannel, 1,138 yards of fulled cloth, 619 yards of linen, 135 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC202014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q684201
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. Sophie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-sophie-qc055008-1861/.