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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q785145

Ste. Victoire, Quebec (1861 census)

Ste. Victoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,528. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q785145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.940°N, 73.062°W.

Population

In 1861, Ste. Victoire had a population of 1,528: 767 male and 761 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,528 total population, 767 males, 761 females, Male members of the family who are present: 737, Female members of the family who are present: 716, 512 single males, 509 single females, 242 married males, 232 married females, 222 adult males unable to read or write, 192 adult females unable to read or write, 99 males attending school, 97 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 45, 45 female births, 39 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 30, 20 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 113 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 females aged 5 to 10, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 74 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 single females aged 15 to 20, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 28 females age 3 to 4, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,521 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $278,940 value farms (dollars), $79,886 value all livestock, 78,043 pounds of homemade butter, 41,754 bushels of oats, $37,480 value horses aged over 3 years, 34,965 pounds of maple sugar, 19,623 bushels of potatoes, 14,091 acres of land in farms, $13,160 value farm implements in dollars, 7,883 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,433 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,658 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,081 acres of farmland under crops, 4,678 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,381 bushels of spring wheat, 3,633 sheep, 3,086 bushels of buckwheat, 2,709 bushels of rye, 2,348 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,261 bushels of barley, 2,050 acres of oats, 1,804 bushels of peas, 1,184 tons of hay, 894 milk cows, 780 calves and heifers, 730 barrels of pork, 558 swine, 521 barrels of beef, 497 horses aged over 3 years, 455 bushels of turnips, 416 acres of spring wheat, 354 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 241 bushels of corn, 236 acres of rye, 234 horses aged 3 years and under, 211 acres of buckwheat, 176 occupants of farms, 149 acres of barley, 146 acres of peas, 117 acres of potatoes, 104 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 87 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 48 bulls, oxen, or steers, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 acres of corn, 14 bushels of carrots, 9 bushels of beans, 4 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,024 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,396 yards of linen, 5,627 yards of fulled cloth, 4,887 yards of flannel, 685 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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. Victoire, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-victoire-qc043009-1861/.