St. Elzéar, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Elzéar was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,365. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462113. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 71.067°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Elzéar had a population of 2,365: 1,189 male and 1,176 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,365 |
| 1861 | 2,305 |
| 1871 | 2,129 |
| 1881 | 1,500 |
| 1891 | 1,247 |
| 1901 | 1,235 |
| 1911 | 1,175 |
| 1921 | 1,128 |
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. Elzéar shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 204 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,365 total population, 1,189 males, 1,176 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,125, Female members of the family who are present: 1,106, 790 single males, 768 single females, 396 families, 381 married females, 380 married males, 87 females attending school, 79 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, 64 male births, 50 female births, 27 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 22, 19 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 219 males aged 5 to 10, 193 females aged 5 to 10, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 114 married males aged 30 to 40, 111 single males aged 15 to 20, 104 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 71 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 males under age 1, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 females under age 1, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 females age 3 to 4, 51 males aged 3 to 4, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,213 French Canadians, 98 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 54 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 294,615 tons of hay, 64,415 pounds of maple sugar, 34,878 bushels of oats, 27,912 acres of land in farms, 27,097 pounds of homemade butter, 14,823 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,089 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,073 bushels of potatoes, 7,736 acres of farmland under crops, 7,087 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,133 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,688 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,477 bushels of peas, 3,265 bushels of wheat, 3,103 bushels of barley, 2,414 sheep, 2,266 acres of oats, 952 pounds of tobacco, 934 bushels of rye, 899 milk cows, 879 swine, 839 calves and heifers, 755 bushels of buckwheat, 616 bulls, oxen, or steers, 432 barrels of pork, 416 acres of wheat, 414 acres of peas, 386 horses, 310 occupants of farms, 257 acres of barley, 192 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 133 acres of potatoes, 132 bushels of turnips, 69 acres of rye, 67 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 bushels of corn, 55 acres of buckwheat, 31 bushels of beans, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of carrots, 5 acres of corn, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,460 yards of linen, 3,468 yards of flannel, 2,309 yards of fulled cloth, 175 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 30 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, breweries, carding and fulling mills not reporting, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, 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, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, 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, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories 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, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 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 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, 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 females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462113
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Elz%C3%A9ar,_Chaudi%C3%A8re-Appalaches,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Elz%C3%A9ar_(La_Nouvelle-Beauce)
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. Elzéar, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-elz-ar-qc054012-1851/.