St. Boniface, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Boniface was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 283. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.547°N, 72.850°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Boniface had a population of 283: 236 male and 47 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 283 |
| 1861 | 1,010 |
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. Boniface shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 121 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 283 total population, 236 males, 172 single males, Males present who are not members of the family: 133, Male members of the family who are present: 103, 64 married males, 47 females, Female members of the family who are present: 44, 28 single females, 19 married females, 14 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 female births, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 males of unknown age, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 22 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 10 to 15, 12 married males aged 40 to 50, 11 females aged 5 to 10, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 males aged 5 to 10, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 20 to 30, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 married females aged 40 to 50, 4 females under age 1, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 10 to 15, 3 females aged 2 to 3, 3 males aged 2 to 3, 3 males under age 1, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 females age 3 to 4, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 268 French Canadians, 8 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 3,990 bushels of potatoes, 2,358 acres of land in farms, 2,325 pounds of maple sugar, 2,137 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,532 bushels of oats, 1,513 bushels of turnips, 221 acres of farmland under cultivation, 179 bushels of wheat, 172 acres of farmland under crops, 133 bushels of buckwheat, 120 tons of hay, 73 acres of oats, 50 pounds of homemade butter, 47 acres of farmland in pasture, 41 pounds of flax or hemp, 36 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of wheat, 29 sheep, 28 occupants of farms, 20 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 bushels of peas, 17 horses, 17 swine, 14 acres of buckwheat, 14 milk cows, 13 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of barley, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of peas, 3 barrels of pork, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 calves and heifers, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of corn, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $175 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC073002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052003_1851_1861— 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 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. Boniface, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-boniface-qc073002-1851/.