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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q139231

Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1851 census)

Baie St. Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,212. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.428°N, 70.662°W.

Population

In 1851, Baie St. Paul had a population of 3,212: 1,636 male and 1,576 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,212
18613,664
18713,623
18813,794
18913,760
19012,519
19112,305
19212,220

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Baie St. Paul shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,212 total population, 1,636 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,612, 1,576 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,527, 1,110 single males, 1,032 single females, 492 married males, 488 married females, 440 males attending school, 397 females attending school, 214 families, 84 male births, 66 female births, 56 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 34 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 24, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 11 lunatic males, 7 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 266 males aged 5 to 10, 240 females aged 5 to 10, 197 single males aged 10 to 15, 184 single females aged 15 to 20, 183 single females aged 10 to 15, 179 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married males aged 20 to 30, 124 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 106 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 males under age 1, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 79 males aged 1 to 2, 72 females under age 1, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 females age 3 to 4, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 females of unknown age. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,170 French Canadians, 38 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 Indigenous persons, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 373,789 tons of hay, 48,097 acres of land in farms, 29,125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,754 pounds of maple sugar, 19,991 pounds of homemade butter, 19,187 bushels of oats, 18,972 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,797 bushels of rye, 16,084 bushels of potatoes, 10,992 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,207 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,905 bushels of barley, 8,679 acres of farmland under crops, 8,663 bushels of wheat, 7,026 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,032 sheep, 3,838 bushels of peas, 2,723 pounds of tobacco, 2,420 acres of rye, 1,714 acres of wheat, 1,315 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,299 calves and heifers, 1,222 acres of oats, 1,196 barrels of pork, 1,189 milk cows, 1,047 swine, 688 horses, 603 acres of barley, 442 occupants of farms, 410 bushels of buckwheat, 390 acres of peas, 282 acres of potatoes, 197 barrels of beef, 120 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 86 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 acres of buckwheat, 58 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,933 yards of linen, 6,391 yards of flannel, 6,063 yards of fulled cloth, $3,700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 319 saw mill plants, $285 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 210 employees in saw mills, 50 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 30 saw mills not reporting, 11 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 9 saw mills, 9 saw mills powered by water, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 8, 6 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills returning capital, $3 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $3 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 108 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 69 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 41, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/baie-st-paul-qc074001-1851/.