St. Constant, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Constant was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,697. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.347°N, 73.580°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Constant had a population of 2,697: 1,370 male and 1,327 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,697 |
| 1861 | 2,388 |
| 1871 | 1,898 |
| 1881 | 1,722 |
| 1891 | 1,572 |
| 1901 | 1,525 |
| 1911 | 1,395 |
| 1921 | 1,411 |
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. Constant shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 197 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,697 total population, 1,370 males, 1,327 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,295, Female members of the family who are present: 1,246, 913 single males, 858 single females, 433 married males, 427 families, 415 married females, 146 males attending school, 130 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, Males present who are not members of the family: 75, Male members of the family who are present: 74, 71 male births, 70 female births, 54 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 198 females aged 5 to 10, 198 males aged 5 to 10, 164 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single females aged 10 to 15, 147 single females aged 15 to 20, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 single males aged 15 to 20, 127 married females aged 20 to 30, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 males under age 1, 72 females under age 1, 71 males aged 1 to 2, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 55 females age 3 to 4, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 51 males aged 4 to 5, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 43 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,560 French Canadians, 68 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 32 persons originating in England or Wales, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 1 Indigenous females, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 428,500 tons of hay, 35,352 pounds of homemade butter, 31,028 bushels of oats, 21,515 bushels of peas, 20,298 acres of land in farms, 18,943 bushels of wheat, 18,727 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,243 acres of farmland under crops, 8,473 bushels of potatoes, 6,250 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,950 acres of oats, 2,865 pounds of tobacco, 2,788 acres of wheat, 2,517 sheep, 2,481 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,928 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,810 acres of peas, 1,654 barrels of pork, 1,572 milk cows, 1,571 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,309 pounds of maple sugar, 1,240 swine, 1,190 horses, 1,085 bushels of buckwheat, 1,000 bushels of barley, 581 bushels of corn, 552 calves and heifers, 293 occupants of farms, 234 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 201 bulls, oxen, or steers, 141 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 135 acres of potatoes, 122 acres of buckwheat, 96 acres of barley, 84 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 acres of corn, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,173 yards of fulled cloth, 2,706 yards of flannel, 1,524 yards of linen, $100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw 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. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. 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 53 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, 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 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Magloire Lanctôt | 1823–1877 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912031
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. Constant, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-constant-qc057003-1851/.