St. François, Quebec (1851 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,874. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.216°N, 70.766°W.

Population

In 1851, St. François had a population of 2,874: 1,435 male and 1,439 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:

• Cranbourne
• NO DATA
• St. George
• St. Joseph
• Tring

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 219 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,874 total population, 1,439 females, 1,435 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,378, Male members of the family who are present: 1,361, 982 single males, 969 single females, 434 families, 430 married males, 427 married females, 166 females attending school, 155 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 74, 65 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, 53 male births, 43 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 41, Female members of the family who are absent: 31, 23 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 222 females aged 5 to 10, 222 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single males aged 10 to 15, 193 single females aged 10 to 15, 161 single females aged 15 to 20, 156 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 single males aged 20 to 30, 129 married females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 40 to 50, 114 married males aged 30 to 40, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 93 married males aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 females aged 1 to 2, 70 males aged 1 to 2, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 females age 3 to 4, 65 females under age 1, 55 males under age 1, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,864 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 622,905 tons of hay, 185,438 pounds of maple sugar, 45,365 bushels of oats, 32,986 acres of land in farms, 32,314 pounds of homemade butter, 19,172 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,015 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,814 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,436 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,755 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,829 bushels of potatoes, 4,154 sheep, 4,106 acres of farmland under crops, 2,938 acres of oats, 2,563 bushels of peas, 2,470 bushels of barley, 2,136 bushels of wheat, 1,144 milk cows, 1,124 calves and heifers, 1,118 bushels of rye, 907 swine, 831 bulls, oxen, or steers, 774 pounds of tobacco, 480 horses, 473 barrels of pork, 445 acres of peas, 376 bushels of buckwheat, 324 occupants of farms, 273 acres of wheat, 185 acres of barley, 164 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 116 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 95 acres of potatoes, 95 acres of rye, 65 acres of buckwheat, 54 bushels of corn, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 barrels of beef, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,267 yards of linen, 3,834 yards of flannel, 3,641 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $210 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $76 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 56 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   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 weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  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 76 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 41, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 35, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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.)

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: QC054016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC139011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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-qc054016-1851/.