Sydenham, South, Quebec (1861 census)

Sydenham, South was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 81. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.960°N, 64.621°W.

Population

In 1861, Sydenham, South had a population of 81: 157 male and 129 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township, 1851 (15.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Gaspé, N, Sydenham, S, 1871 (50.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sydenham, South shared boundaries with:

• Fox
• Gaspé Bay, North
• Gaspé Bay, South
• Grande Vallée des Monts, St. Anse de l'Etang, and Sydenham North
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 341 single males, 253 single females, 157 males, 135 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 131, 129 females, 127 married males, Female members of the family who are present: 113, 81 total population, 37 females attending school, 27 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, 14 male births, 10 widowed females, 9 female births, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 single females aged 15 to 20, 31 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 30 to 40, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 single males aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 5 to 10, 17 single males aged 10 to 15, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 females aged 5 to 10, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 63 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC019015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC019015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Sydenham, South, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sydenham-south-qc019015-1861/.