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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463170

St. Hilarion, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Hilarion was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 281. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463170. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.581°N, 70.400°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Hilarion had a population of 281: 137 male and 144 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851281
1861540
1871862
18811,020
18911,099
19011,035
1911991
1921854

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. Hilarion shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 281 total population, 144 females, 137 males, Female members of the family who are present: 135, Male members of the family who are present: 132, 92 single females, 85 single males, 52 families, 50 married females, 50 married males, 11 male births, 10 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 females aged 5 to 10, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 13 single females aged 10 to 15, 13 single females aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 15 to 20, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males under age 1, 11 single males aged 10 to 15, 10 females under age 1, 10 males aged 5 to 10, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 30 to 40, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 married females aged 40 to 50, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 females aged 2 to 3, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 281 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 38,601 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,417 acres of land in farms, 2,880 tons of hay, 1,262 bushels of barley, 1,103 bushels of potatoes, 1,034 bushels of rye, 557 acres of farmland under cultivation, 473 acres of farmland under crops, 436 bushels of wheat, 379 pounds of wool produced on farms, 361 bushels of peas, 285 pounds of homemade butter, 219 pounds of flax or hemp, 203 bushels of oats, 196 sheep, 173 acres of rye, 102 acres of barley, 84 acres of farmland in pasture, 80 acres of wheat, 79 swine, 70 milk cows, 68 acres of peas, 44 calves and heifers, 44 occupants of farms, 39 barrels of pork, 31 horses, 30 bulls, oxen, or steers, 28 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 26 acres of potatoes, 23 acres of oats, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 314 yards of fulled cloth, 305 yards of linen, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 232 yards of flannel, $30 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   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, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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. Hilarion, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilarion-qc074007-1851/.