West Ward, Quebec (1861 census)

West Ward was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,831. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 73.556°W.

Population

In 1861, West Ward had a population of 2,831: 1,416 male and 1,415 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 Montréal, cité, 1851 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, West Ward shared boundaries with:

• Centre Ward
• St. Ann’s Ward
• St. Antoine Ward
• St. Lawrence Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,831 total population, 1,416 males, 1,415 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,046, Female members of the family who are present: 1,037, 972 single males, 959 single females, 410 married males, 381 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 378, Males present who are not members of the family: 370, 193 males attending school, 184 females attending school, 143 adult females unable to read or write, 110 adult males unable to read or write, 75 widowed females, 51 female births, 47 male births, 34 widowed males, 8 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 237 single males aged 20 to 30, 200 single females aged 20 to 30, 194 single females aged 15 to 20, 188 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 133 single females aged 10 to 15, 131 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 males aged 5 to 10, 128 females aged 5 to 10, 117 married females aged 20 to 30, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 111 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 single males aged 30 to 40, 56 single females aged 30 to 40, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females age 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 single females aged 40 to 50, 26 single males aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100, 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,067 French Canadians, 765 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 468 persons originating in Ireland, 260 persons originating in England or Wales, 147 persons originating in Scotland, 58 persons originating in the United States, 26 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 5 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 47 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061009 — 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). "West Ward, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/west-ward-qc061009-1861/.