St. Barnabé, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Barnabé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,415. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911918. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.737°N, 72.936°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Barnabé had a population of 1,415: 700 male and 715 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, St. Barnabé shared boundaries with:

• La Présentation
• St. Aimé
• St. Hyacinthe, Parish
• St. Judes

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,415 total population, 715 females, 700 males, Female members of the family who are present: 687, Male members of the family who are present: 680, 482 single females, 476 single males, 215 married males, 214 married females, 209 families, 87 males attending school, 78 females attending school, 51 female births, 47 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 19 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 4 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 122 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 92 single females aged 10 to 15, 91 males aged 5 to 10, 84 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 56 males under age 1, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 females under age 1, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 27 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,407 French Canadians, 8 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 156,400 tons of hay, 14,895 acres of land in farms, 14,472 bushels of oats, 11,213 bushels of wheat, 9,285 pounds of maple sugar, 9,112 pounds of homemade butter, 8,520 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,375 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,560 acres of farmland under crops, 4,210 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,148 bushels of peas, 3,951 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,088 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,003 acres of wheat, 1,971 bushels of potatoes, 1,621 sheep, 1,459 acres of oats, 1,323 pounds of tobacco, 782 bushels of corn, 711 acres of peas, 641 bushels of barley, 619 milk cows, 591 swine, 552 bushels of buckwheat, 439 horses, 424 calves and heifers, 339 barrels of pork, 201 occupants of farms, 134 acres of buckwheat, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 101 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 95 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 92 acres of barley, 87 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 acres of potatoes, 73 acres of corn, 65 barrels of beef, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 bushels of carrots, 13 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 bushels of rye, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,589 yards of linen, 2,314 yards of fulled cloth, 1,911 yards of flannel, 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 245 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  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 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC070008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911918

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. Barnabé, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barnab-qc070008-1851/.