St. Ignace, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,143. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138277576. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.311°N, 74.194°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Ignace had a population of 2,143: 1,053 male and 1,090 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. Ignace shared boundaries with:

• St. Clet
• St. Joseph de Soulanges
• St. Polycarpe, Village
• St. Zotique

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,143 total population, 1,090 females, 1,053 males, Female members of the family who are present: 975, Male members of the family who are present: 954, 688 single females, 679 single males, 369 married females, 359 married males, 341 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 115, 103 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, 93 females attending school, 45 male births, 40 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 33, 33 widowed females, 15 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 168 females aged 5 to 10, 159 males aged 5 to 10, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 136 married females aged 20 to 30, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single males aged 15 to 20, 115 single females aged 15 to 20, 98 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males under age 1, 52 females age 3 to 4, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 43 females under age 1, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed 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 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,989 French Canadians, 91 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 34 persons originating in England or Wales, 25 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 182,305 tons of hay, 33,177 bushels of oats, 20,206 pounds of homemade butter, 13,635 acres of land in farms, 10,895 bushels of wheat, 9,764 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,614 pounds of maple sugar, 6,164 acres of farmland under crops, 5,862 bushels of potatoes, 4,410 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,871 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,495 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,299 pounds of tobacco, 3,146 bushels of buckwheat, 2,439 bushels of peas, 2,397 acres of oats, 1,952 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,944 sheep, 1,531 bushels of barley, 1,476 acres of wheat, 994 bushels of corn, 928 swine, 796 calves and heifers, 790 milk cows, 648 horses, 523 bushels of turnips, 493 barrels of pork, 485 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 421 bulls, oxen, or steers, 364 acres of peas, 337 acres of buckwheat, 257 occupants of farms, 186 bushels of carrots, 129 acres of potatoes, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 107 bushels of beans, 105 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 94 acres of barley, 82 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 81 acres of corn, 69 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 barrels of beef, 42 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 pounds of hops, 21 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 bushels of rye, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,000 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $5,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,643 yards of fulled cloth, 2,345 yards of flannel, 844 yards of linen, 125 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $60 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in tanneries, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   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 annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries not reporting, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 4 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: QC081007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC089001_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138277576

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-qc081007-1851/.