Ste. Thérèse, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Thérèse, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,864. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.658°N, 73.857°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Thérèse, Parish had a population of 1,864: 958 male and 906 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ste. Thérèse, Parish shared boundaries with:

• St. Augustin
• St. Eustache, Parish
• St. Janvier
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Thérèse de Blainville, Village and College
• Terrebonne, Village, and College Masson

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,864 total population, 958 males, Male members of the family who are present: 911, 906 females, Female members of the family who are present: 875, 662 single males, 611 single females, 277 adult males unable to read or write, 271 married males, 253 married females, 220 adult females unable to read or write, 134 males attending school, 110 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, 46 female births, 42 male births, 42 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, 25 widowed males, 5 deaf and dumb females, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 149 males aged 5 to 10, 132 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 females aged 5 to 10, 121 single males aged 15 to 20, 108 single females aged 10 to 15, 94 single females aged 15 to 20, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females age 3 to 4, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,840 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $656,126 value farms (dollars), 54,925 bushels of oats, 48,049 pounds of homemade butter, $47,961 value all livestock, 44,553 bushels of potatoes, $38,035 value horses aged over 3 years, $27,698 value farm implements in dollars, 22,554 acres of land in farms, 18,720 pounds of maple sugar, 15,484 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,439 acres of farmland under crops, 10,430 bushels of barley, 7,070 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,470 bushels of peas, 5,069 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,952 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,703 bushels of buckwheat, 4,339 bushels of winter wheat, 3,669 acres of oats, 3,323 bushels of mangel wurtzel, $2,290 value garden and orchard crops, 2,234 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,840 bushels of turnips, 1,823 bushels of spring wheat, 1,505 sheep, 1,420 bushels of rye, 1,362 bushels of carrots, 1,193 tons of hay, 1,070 milk cows, 862 swine, 828 bushels of corn, 699 bulls, oxen, or steers, 659 acres of barley, 641 acres of peas, 591 horses aged over 3 years, 484 acres of potatoes, 476 calves and heifers, 439 acres of winter wheat, 413 barrels of pork, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 253 occupants of farms, 251 horses aged 3 years and under, 215 acres of buckwheat, 190 acres of spring wheat, 148 acres of rye, 95 barrels of beef, 93 acres of farmland in gardens, 81 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of corn, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 acres of mangel wurtzel, 7 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,839 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,767 yards of flannel, 2,671 yards of fulled cloth, 2,262 yards of linen, 243 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC055009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se

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. Thérèse, Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-th-r-se-parish-qc055009-1861/.