St. Ignace, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,733. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.346°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Ignace had a population of 2,733: 1,379 male and 1,354 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,733 |
| 1861 | 2,939 |
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. Ignace shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 199 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,733 total population, 1,379 males, 1,354 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,268, Female members of the family who are present: 1,229, 949 single males, 892 single females, 410 married females, 410 married males, 351 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 125, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, 70 female births, 64 females attending school, 57 males attending school, 52 widowed females, 50 male births, 20 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 12, 10 lunatic males, 6 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 202 females aged 5 to 10, 194 males aged 5 to 10, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single males aged 15 to 20, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 131 single males aged 20 to 30, 125 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 married females aged 30 to 40, 107 married females aged 20 to 30, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 females under age 1, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 females aged 1 to 2, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 54 males under age 1, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 4 to 5, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 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 2,689 French Canadians, 41 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 Indigenous persons, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 57,028 pounds of homemade butter, 49,182 bushels of oats, 30,544 pounds of maple sugar, 29,179 acres of land in farms, 17,691 bushels of potatoes, 14,809 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,370 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,497 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,693 bushels of wheat, 6,261 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,375 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,875 acres of farmland under crops, 3,197 tons of hay, 3,126 sheep, 3,112 acres of oats, 2,730 bushels of rye, 1,536 milk cows, 1,357 bushels of barley, 909 acres of wheat, 908 barrels of pork, 898 swine, 832 calves and heifers, 756 bushels of peas, 617 horses, 439 occupants of farms, 327 acres of rye, 310 barrels of beef, 273 bulls, oxen, or steers, 261 acres of potatoes, 163 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 113 acres of barley, 94 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 90 acres of peas, 82 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 bushels of turnips, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 49 bushels of corn, 42 bushels of beans, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 pounds of tobacco, 15 bushels of carrots, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4 acres of corn, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,320 yards of linen, 5,335 yards of flannel, 3,018 yards of fulled cloth, $399 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 22 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills not reporting, 8 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist 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. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 9 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC060008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC035010— 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. Ignace, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ignace-qc060008-1851/.