St. François de Sales, Quebec (1851 census)

St. François de Sales was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 983. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912168. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.678°N, 73.627°W.

Population

In 1851, St. François de Sales had a population of 983: 484 male and 499 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. François de Sales shared boundaries with:

• St. Vincent de Paul
• Ste. Rose, Parish and Village

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 983 total population, 499 females, 484 males, Female members of the family who are present: 479, Male members of the family who are present: 467, 323 single females, 320 single males, 168 families, 159 married males, 158 married females, 128 males attending school, 106 females attending school, 27 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 20 female births, 18 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 17, 5 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 62 males aged 5 to 10, 59 females aged 5 to 10, 59 single males aged 10 to 15, 56 single females aged 15 to 20, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 single females aged 10 to 15, 43 married females aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 30 to 40, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 34 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 31 single males aged 20 to 30, 30 males under age 1, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 969 French Canadians, 5 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 182,860 tons of hay, 20,970 bushels of oats, 14,944 pounds of homemade butter, 9,601 acres of land in farms, 8,809 bushels of peas, 7,732 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,321 bushels of wheat, 5,977 pounds of maple sugar, 5,797 bushels of potatoes, 4,227 acres of farmland under crops, 3,491 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,609 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,978 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,869 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,437 acres of oats, 1,082 sheep, 1,000 acres of wheat, 991 bushels of barley, 878 acres of peas, 830 bushels of buckwheat, 753 pounds of tobacco, 709 bushels of beans, 648 milk cows, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 431 swine, 404 bushels of corn, 391 horses, 270 barrels of pork, 264 bulls, oxen, or steers, 241 calves and heifers, 119 occupants of farms, 115 acres of potatoes, 111 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 91 acres of buckwheat, 72 barrels of beef, 70 acres of barley, 66 bushels of carrots, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 acres of corn, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,715 yards of linen, 1,140 yards of flannel, 1,000 woollen factories returning capital, 998 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, 1 grist mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in distilleries,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 reporting, $  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). 50 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076043 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912168

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. François de Sales, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-de-sales-qc079010-1851/.