St. Fidèle, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Fidèle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.799°N, 70.023°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Fidèle had a population of 600: 324 male and 276 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. Fidèle shared boundaries with:

• Callières
• Malbaie
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Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 600 total population, 324 males, Male members of the family who are present: 296, 276 females, Female members of the family who are present: 261, 230 single males, 181 single females, 103 families, 93 married males, 89 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 28, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 14 male births, 11 female births, 6 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 48 males aged 5 to 10, 45 females aged 5 to 10, 36 single males aged 15 to 20, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 32 single males aged 10 to 15, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males under age 1, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married males aged 40 to 50, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females under age 1, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 578 French Canadians, 19 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 40,930 tons of hay, 8,599 acres of land in farms, 6,692 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,126 bushels of potatoes, 3,122 pounds of homemade butter, 2,417 bushels of wheat, 1,907 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,801 bushels of barley, 1,264 acres of farmland under crops, 950 pounds of wool produced on farms, 874 bushels of oats, 867 bushels of peas, 835 pounds of maple sugar, 671 bushels of rye, 666 pounds of flax or hemp, 611 acres of farmland in pasture, 545 sheep, 489 acres of wheat, 180 milk cows, 179 swine, 175 acres of barley, 168 acres of peas, 142 acres of rye, 139 acres of potatoes, 111 horses, 105 occupants of farms, 104 acres of oats, 88 calves and heifers, 74 bulls, oxen, or steers, 61 barrels of pork, 57 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 bushels of buckwheat, 37 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 pounds of tobacco, 11 barrels of beef, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 saw mills reporting daily production, 851 yards of flannel, 739 yards of fulled cloth, 733 yards of linen, 300 saw mill plants, 60 employees in saw mills, 30 saw mills not reporting, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 2, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 saw mills returning capital, $1 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC074010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048007_1881_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912151

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. Fidèle, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fid-le-qc074010-1851/.