St. Cyprien, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Cyprien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,495. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462008. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.179°N, 73.402°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Cyprien had a population of 4,495: 2,300 male and 2,195 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,495 |
| 1861 | 4,579 |
| 1871 | 3,273 |
| 1881 | 1,887 |
| 1891 | 1,703 |
| 1901 | 1,421 |
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. Cyprien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,495 total population, 2,300 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,245, 2,195 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,156, 1,584 single males, 1,441 single females, 750 families, 689 married females, 687 married males, 517 females attending school, 496 males attending school, 111 male births, 96 female births, 65 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 55, Male members of the family who are present: 46, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 29 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 7 lunatic females, 6 lunatic males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 356 females aged 5 to 10, 341 males aged 5 to 10, 299 single males aged 15 to 20, 270 single males aged 10 to 15, 260 single females aged 10 to 15, 236 single females aged 15 to 20, 225 married females aged 20 to 30, 204 married males aged 20 to 30, 188 single males aged 20 to 30, 187 married females aged 30 to 40, 172 married males aged 30 to 40, 155 married males aged 40 to 50, 125 males under age 1, 125 married females aged 40 to 50, 124 single females aged 20 to 30, 106 females under age 1, 97 married males aged 50 to 60, 96 females aged 1 to 2, 96 married females aged 50 to 60, 91 males aged 1 to 2, 86 males aged 2 to 3, 82 females age 3 to 4, 82 females aged 2 to 3, 78 males aged 3 to 4, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 70 females aged 4 to 5, 64 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 married males aged 70 to 80, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,005 French Canadians, 288 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 92 persons originating in England or Wales, 50 persons originating in Ireland, 48 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 554,330 tons of hay, 65,818 bushels of oats, 45,761 pounds of homemade butter, 34,462 acres of land in farms, 30,028 bushels of wheat, 19,786 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,862 pounds of flax or hemp, 14,676 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,530 bushels of potatoes, 13,432 acres of farmland under crops, 7,290 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,977 bushels of peas, 6,085 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,004 pounds of maple sugar, 4,053 bushels of buckwheat, 3,775 acres of wheat, 3,703 bushels of barley, 3,451 acres of oats, 2,689 sheep, 2,348 pounds of tobacco, 2,221 bushels of corn, 1,681 swine, 1,488 bushels of carrots, 1,480 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,382 milk cows, 1,358 horses, 1,122 bushels of turnips, 1,017 acres of peas, 895 calves and heifers, 701 barrels of pork, 609 occupants of farms, 396 bulls, oxen, or steers, 381 acres of buckwheat, 324 acres of potatoes, 269 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 242 acres of barley, 204 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 186 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 acres of corn, 114 bushels of beans, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 57 barrels of beef, 31 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,262 yards of fulled cloth, 5,104 yards of linen, 2,777 yards of flannel, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, 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, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, 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 grist 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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 52 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, 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 50 to 60: 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.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC161008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462008
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
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. Cyprien, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cyprien-qc057011-1851/.