St. George de Clarenceville, Quebec (1851 census)
St. George de Clarenceville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,597. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.060°N, 73.202°W.
Population
In 1851, St. George de Clarenceville had a population of 1,597: 798 male and 799 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,597 |
| 1861 | 1,761 |
| 1871 | 1,250 |
| 1881 | 1,186 |
| 1891 | 1,138 |
| 1901 | 999 |
| 1911 | — |
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. George de Clarenceville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 190 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,597 total population, 799 females, 798 males, Female members of the family who are present: 726, Male members of the family who are present: 706, 509 single males, 487 single females, 279 families, 273 married males, 271 married females, 162 females attending school, 139 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 92, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, 41 widowed females, 25 female births, 24 male births, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 114 males aged 5 to 10, 101 females aged 5 to 10, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 87 single females aged 15 to 20, 87 single males aged 15 to 20, 85 single males aged 10 to 15, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 single females aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 females under age 1, 32 males under age 1, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females age 3 to 4, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,021 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 221 persons originating in the United States, 177 persons originating in Ireland, 124 French Canadians, 38 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 139,356 tons of hay, 42,721 pounds of homemade butter, 23,838 bushels of potatoes, 16,365 acres of land in farms, 16,130 bushels of oats, 11,731 bushels of corn, 8,927 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,764 bushels of wheat, 7,438 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,988 acres of farmland under crops, 5,785 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,700 pounds of hops, 3,380 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,829 sheep, 2,801 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,526 bushels of peas, 1,347 bushels of buckwheat, 1,263 bushels of rye, 1,047 acres of oats, 1,041 bushels of carrots, 877 acres of wheat, 799 barrels of pork, 612 milk cows, 597 calves and heifers, 500 horses, 383 swine, 318 acres of potatoes, 300 barrels of beef, 294 bulls, oxen, or steers, 246 bushels of beans, 231 acres of corn, 225 gallons of cider, 218 bushels of barley, 197 occupants of farms, 166 bushels of turnips, 138 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 126 acres of buckwheat, 125 pounds of flax or hemp, 121 acres of peas, 97 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 86 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 62 acres of rye, 61 pounds of maple sugar, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 acres of barley, 12 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,411 yards of flannel, 526 yards of fulled cloth, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 20,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 12 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC072005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175007— 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. George de Clarenceville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-george-de-clarenceville-qc072005-1851/.