St. George, Quebec (1851 census)
St. George was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,394. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q143227. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.119°N, 70.677°W.
Population
In 1851, St. George had a population of 1,394: 725 male and 669 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,394 |
| 1861 | 1,770 |
| 1871 | 2,080 |
| 1881 | 2,746 |
| 1891 | 3,099 |
| 1901 | 3,287 |
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 212 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,394 total population, 725 males, 669 females, Male members of the family who are present: 662, Female members of the family who are present: 606, 483 single males, 428 single females, 232 married males, 223 families, 221 married females, 67 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 56 females attending school, 40 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 37, 30 female births, 20 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 10 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 119 males aged 5 to 10, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 80 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 69 single males aged 15 to 20, 62 married females aged 30 to 40, 56 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 males under age 1, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 31 females under age 1, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 28 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 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 1,155 French Canadians, 120 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 29 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 22 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 226,300 tons of hay, 83,420 pounds of maple sugar, 19,801 bushels of oats, 18,035 acres of land in farms, 17,990 pounds of homemade butter, 10,550 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,485 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,524 bushels of potatoes, 3,781 acres of farmland under crops, 3,669 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,942 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,718 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,887 bushels of peas, 1,687 sheep, 1,398 acres of oats, 1,192 bushels of wheat, 1,186 bushels of barley, 572 bulls, oxen, or steers, 562 milk cows, 399 swine, 298 calves and heifers, 287 acres of peas, 274 barrels of pork, 248 bushels of rye, 218 bushels of turnips, 205 horses, 187 pounds of tobacco, 181 occupants of farms, 180 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 154 acres of wheat, 130 acres of barley, 114 acres of potatoes, 112 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 104 bushels of buckwheat, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 acres of rye, 26 barrels of beef, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 bushels of corn, 12 acres of buckwheat, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,577 yards of linen, 1,652 yards of fulled cloth, 1,404 yards of flannel, $120 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $45 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $40 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $20 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills returning capital, breweries, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, 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 powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, 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, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ 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 48 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Henry Pozer | 1835–1884 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC139014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q143227
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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-george-qc054017-1851/.