St. François, Quebec (1851 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,724. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462179. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.863°N, 70.704°W.

Population

In 1851, St. François had a population of 1,724: 822 male and 902 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 shared boundaries with:

• Armagh
• Berthier
• St. Pierre
• St. Valier

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,724 total population, 902 females, 822 males, Female members of the family who are present: 725, Male members of the family who are present: 713, 618 single females, 560 single males, 245 married females, 240 married males, 239 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 177, 134 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 109, 91 males attending school, 52 female births, 39 widowed females, 32 male births, 22 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 113 females aged 5 to 10, 105 males aged 5 to 10, 105 single males aged 15 to 20, 95 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 single males aged 10 to 15, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 females under age 1, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 married males aged 30 to 40, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males under age 1, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 25 females age 3 to 4, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,723 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 519,550 tons of hay, 62,672 pounds of homemade butter, 30,105 pounds of maple sugar, 29,713 bushels of oats, 23,050 acres of land in farms, 11,930 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,120 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,558 bushels of potatoes, 7,700 acres of farmland under crops, 7,640 bushels of wheat, 4,533 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,131 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,025 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,172 acres of oats, 1,807 sheep, 1,131 bushels of rye, 1,079 milk cows, 898 acres of wheat, 743 swine, 742 barrels of pork, 737 bushels of peas, 542 bulls, oxen, or steers, 486 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 444 bushels of barley, 415 horses, 393 calves and heifers, 374 pounds of tobacco, 328 bushels of turnips, 284 occupants of farms, 207 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 140 barrels of beef, 118 acres of potatoes, 117 acres of rye, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 96 bushels of buckwheat, 87 acres of peas, 68 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 55 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 bushels of corn, 39 acres of barley, 22 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of buckwheat, 5 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,793 yards of linen, 3,182 yards of flannel, 2,213 yards of fulled cloth, $1,050 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 189 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $175 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 150 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $140 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 65 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $33 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 carding and fulling mills reporting, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   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 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC049001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462179
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-la-Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Sud
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-la-Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Sud

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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc049001-1851/.