Viger, Quebec (1861 census)

Viger was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,097. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.875°N, 69.262°W.

Population

In 1861, Viger had a population of 1,097: 583 male and 514 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Viger, Demers, 1871 (60.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Viger shared boundaries with:

• Denonville
• Isle Verte
• NO DATA
• St. Arsène
• St. Modeste and Whitworth

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,097 total population, 583 males, Male members of the family who are present: 564, 514 females, Female members of the family who are present: 501, 381 single males, 307 single females, 197 married females, 192 married males, 158 adult males unable to read or write, 117 adult females unable to read or write, 20 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 17 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, 10 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 75 males aged 5 to 10, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 females aged 5 to 10, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 45 married females aged 30 to 40, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,087 French Canadians, 169 Indigenous persons, 89 Indigenous males, 80 Indigenous females, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $144,950 value farms (dollars), 23,464 acres of land in farms, 17,137 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $16,851 value all livestock, 10,777 bushels of potatoes, $10,355 value horses aged over 3 years, 8,492 pounds of maple sugar, 8,287 pounds of homemade butter, 6,327 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,838 bushels of rye, $4,720 value farm implements in dollars, 4,316 bushels of barley, 3,954 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,379 bushels of peas, 2,362 acres of farmland under crops, 2,077 bushels of oats, 1,469 pounds of wool produced on farms, 782 acres of barley, 665 acres of rye, 532 sheep, 508 pounds of flax or hemp, 492 acres of peas, 285 swine, 278 acres of oats, 275 occupants of farms, 255 bushels of spring wheat, 222 tons of hay, 221 milk cows, 193 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 188 barrels of pork, $178 value garden and orchard crops, 150 calves and heifers, 142 horses aged over 3 years, 110 acres of potatoes, 106 bushels of turnips, 102 barrels of beef, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 bulls, oxen, or steers, 38 acres of spring wheat, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,191 yards of flannel, $1,307 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,149 yards of fulled cloth, 818 yards of linen, 76 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 18 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC054014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054014 — 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). "Viger, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/viger-qc054014-1861/.