St. Irénée, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Irénée was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 811. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.582°N, 70.239°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Irénée had a population of 811: 411 male and 400 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. Irénée shared boundaries with:

• Les Eboulements
• Malbaie
• St. Hilarion
• Ste. Agnès

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 811 total population, 411 males, 400 females, Male members of the family who are present: 368, Female members of the family who are present: 349, 289 single males, 275 single females, 122 married females, 120 families, 118 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 51, Males present who are not members of the family: 43, 34 males attending school, 21 female births, 21 females attending school, 20 male births, 4 lunatic females, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 66 females aged 5 to 10, 65 males aged 5 to 10, 54 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 30 to 40, 35 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 single males aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 females under age 1, 21 males under age 1, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 19 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females age 3 to 4, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 811 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 63,150 tons of hay, 11,494 acres of land in farms, 6,899 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,425 bushels of wheat, 5,068 bushels of potatoes, 4,595 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,492 bushels of oats, 4,031 pounds of homemade butter, 3,376 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,670 bushels of barley, 2,550 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,296 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,045 acres of farmland under crops, 1,990 bushels of rye, 1,453 bushels of peas, 1,301 sheep, 1,058 acres of wheat, 356 milk cows, 283 acres of oats, 278 acres of rye, 267 calves and heifers, 257 swine, 254 bulls, oxen, or steers, 232 barrels of pork, 181 horses, 175 acres of peas, 158 acres of barley, 99 acres of potatoes, 98 occupants of farms, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 bushels of buckwheat, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,814 yards of linen, 2,669 yards of fulled cloth, $1,300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,247 yards of flannel, $270 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 150 employees in saw mills, 45 saw mill plants, 36 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 30 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 3, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production, $  value annual production or rent from 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC074006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912301

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. Irénée, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ir-n-e-qc074006-1851/.