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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3461713

St. Alexandre, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Alexandre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,203. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461713. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.216°N, 73.116°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Alexandre had a population of 2,203: 1,120 male and 1,083 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,203
18612,890
18713,303
18813,262
18912,101
19011,608
1911—
19211,018

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

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Alexandre shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,203 total population, 1,120 males, 1,083 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,061, Female members of the family who are present: 1,025, 720 single males, 691 single females, 381 married females, 380 married males, 377 families, 78 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 53 male births, 47 female births, 36 females attending school, 20 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 5 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 deaf and dumb females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 207 females aged 5 to 10, 149 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 married females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 single females aged 10 to 15, 110 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 100 males aged 5 to 10, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 80 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 males under age 1, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 55 females under age 1, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 females age 3 to 4, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 46 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,052 French Canadians, 95 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 124,395 tons of hay, 16,040 acres of land in farms, 11,753 bushels of oats, 11,220 bushels of wheat, 10,972 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,068 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,957 pounds of homemade butter, 4,230 bushels of potatoes, 4,019 acres of farmland under crops, 2,460 bushels of peas, 2,246 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,484 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,365 acres of wheat, 1,064 sheep, 1,009 acres of farmland in pasture, 933 acres of oats, 726 pounds of tobacco, 680 swine, 605 milk cows, 498 bushels of corn, 474 horses, 374 bushels of buckwheat, 345 acres of peas, 335 calves and heifers, 280 occupants of farms, 244 barrels of pork, 237 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 162 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 159 acres of potatoes, 97 bulls, oxen, or steers, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 66 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 59 bushels of barley, 57 bushels of turnips, 43 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 acres of buckwheat, 34 acres of corn, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 bushels of carrots, 12 bushels of rye, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of barley, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,363 yards of fulled cloth, 1,211 yards of flannel, 630 yards of linen, $400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $250 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 9 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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). "St. Alexandre, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexandre-qc072006-1851/.