St. Isidore, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Isidore was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,133. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912306. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.295°N, 73.682°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Isidore had a population of 2,133: 1,078 male and 1,055 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. Isidore shared boundaries with:

• Sault St. Louis
• St. Constant
• St. Joachim
• St. Rémi
• St. Urbain Premier
• Ste. Philomène

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,133 total population, 1,078 males, 1,055 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,051, Female members of the family who are present: 1,027, 747 single males, 720 single females, 326 married males, 324 married females, 316 families, 103 females attending school, 96 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 63, 41 female births, 36 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 11 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 149 females aged 5 to 10, 137 males aged 5 to 10, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 126 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 103 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 married females aged 20 to 30, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 males of unknown age, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 54 females of unknown age, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 45 females under age 1, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 40 males under age 1, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 31 females age 3 to 4, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,133 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 231,000 tons of hay, 31,967 bushels of oats, 22,221 bushels of wheat, 20,457 pounds of homemade butter, 13,205 acres of land in farms, 11,468 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,751 bushels of potatoes, 6,785 acres of farmland under crops, 6,227 bushels of peas, 4,672 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,998 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,702 acres of wheat, 2,120 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,088 sheep, 1,981 acres of oats, 1,854 pounds of tobacco, 1,737 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,468 bushels of barley, 947 horses, 937 swine, 818 acres of peas, 793 milk cows, 668 calves and heifers, 649 bushels of buckwheat, 600 pounds of maple sugar, 522 barrels of pork, 409 bushels of corn, 189 occupants of farms, 145 acres of potatoes, 96 bulls, oxen, or steers, 83 acres of barley, 74 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 56 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 48 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 47 acres of buckwheat, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 bushels of beans, 34 acres of corn, 12 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,944 yards of flannel, 2,941 yards of fulled cloth, 944 yards of linen,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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. $  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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC057005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064003_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912306

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. Isidore, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-isidore-qc057005-1851/.