St. François-Xavier de Batiscan, Quebec (1851 census)

St. François-Xavier de Batiscan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 955. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912182. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.501°N, 72.276°W.

Population

In 1851, St. François-Xavier de Batiscan had a population of 955: 518 male and 437 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-Xavier de Batiscan shared boundaries with:

• La Visitation, Champlain
• Ste. Anne de la Pérade
• Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 217 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 955 total population, 518 males, Male members of the family who are present: 474, 437 females, Female members of the family who are present: 378, 363 single males, 269 single females, 146 married females, 146 married males, 105 families, 90 males attending school, 85 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 59, Males present who are not members of the family: 44, 24 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 23, 22 widowed females, 20 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 9 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 86 males aged 5 to 10, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 60 single males aged 10 to 15, 57 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 46 females aged 5 to 10, 40 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 18 males under age 1, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 11 females under age 1, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 20 to 30, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 941 French Canadians, 11 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 Indigenous persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 150,997 tons of hay, 22,443 bushels of oats, 12,251 bushels of peas, 10,758 acres of land in farms, 6,358 pounds of homemade butter, 6,280 pounds of maple sugar, 6,125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,633 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,163 bushels of potatoes, 3,133 bushels of wheat, 2,900 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,623 acres of farmland under crops, 2,387 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,916 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,906 bushels of buckwheat, 1,223 acres of oats, 1,021 sheep, 511 milk cows, 444 bushels of rye, 345 swine, 310 pounds of tobacco, 269 acres of wheat, 256 calves and heifers, 240 bushels of barley, 235 bushels of corn, 191 acres of buckwheat, 182 horses, 152 acres of peas, 103 occupants of farms, 101 bulls, oxen, or steers, 93 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 75 acres of rye, 73 barrels of beef, 58 acres of potatoes, 55 barrels of pork, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 acres of corn, 19 acres of barley, 16 bushels of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,394 yards of linen, 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,349 yards of fulled cloth, 1,008 yards of flannel, 56 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   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 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 not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   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 not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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. 10,000,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,200 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 5 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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: QC053002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047007_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912182

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-Xavier de Batiscan, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-xavier-de-batiscan-qc053002-1851/.