Ste. Ursule, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Ursule was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,191. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.330°N, 73.080°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Ursule had a population of 2,191: 1,119 male and 1,072 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. Ursule shared boundaries with:

• Hunterstown
• Maskinongé
• Rivière du Loup
• St. Didace
• St. Justin
• St. Léon
• St. Paulin

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,191 total population, 1,119 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,100, 1,072 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,031, 798 single males, 751 single females, 300 married females, 300 married males, 276 adult females unable to read or write, 269 adult males unable to read or write, 125 males attending school, 123 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, 33 male births, 27 female births, 21 widowed females, 21 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 162 single males aged 15 to 20, 161 single males aged 10 to 15, 129 females aged 5 to 10, 126 single males aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 single females aged 10 to 15, 111 males aged 5 to 10, 77 married males aged 40 to 50, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 65 married females aged 30 to 40, 65 married females aged 50 to 60, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 43 females age 3 to 4, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,189 French Canadians, 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 $434,694 value farms (dollars), $76,534 value all livestock, 53,715 bushels of oats, 44,962 pounds of homemade butter, 44,685 acres of land in farms, $38,398 value horses aged over 3 years, $33,393 value farm implements in dollars, 31,154 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 31,124 pounds of maple sugar, 24,262 bushels of potatoes, 13,531 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,864 acres of farmland under crops, 7,447 bushels of spring wheat, 6,406 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,794 bushels of buckwheat, 5,780 bushels of peas, 5,320 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,672 bushels of rye, 4,565 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,773 acres of oats, $3,135 value garden and orchard crops, 1,501 sheep, 1,432 bushels of barley, 1,196 tons of hay, 915 acres of spring wheat, 794 calves and heifers, 777 swine, 718 milk cows, 615 acres of rye, 554 barrels of pork, 552 acres of peas, 470 horses aged over 3 years, 392 acres of buckwheat, 295 occupants of farms, 293 acres of potatoes, 252 barrels of beef, 240 bulls, oxen, or steers, 187 bushels of turnips, 174 horses aged 3 years and under, 157 bushels of corn, 124 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 112 acres of barley, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 acres of farmland in gardens, 76 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 67 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 bushels of carrots, 41 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 acres of corn, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 bushels of beans, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 11,333 yards of linen, $10,592 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,554 yards of flannel, 2,227 yards of fulled cloth, 472 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 200 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC031008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913132

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. Ursule, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ursule-qc031008-1861/.