St. Jean, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,493. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.274°N, 73.280°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Jean had a population of 1,493: 753 male and 740 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,493 |
| 1861 | 1,291 |
| 1871 | 1,048 |
| 1881 | 816 |
| 1891 | 875 |
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. Jean shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,493 total population, 753 males, 740 females, Male members of the family who are present: 689, Female members of the family who are present: 680, 532 single males, 508 single females, 261 families, 205 married males, 204 married females, 94 males attending school, 84 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 43 male births, 28 widowed females, 20 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 18, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 153 females aged 5 to 10, 105 males aged 5 to 10, 89 single males aged 15 to 20, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 63 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 males under age 1, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 females age 3 to 4, 36 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 males of unknown age, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 females under age 1, 20 females of unknown age, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 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 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 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 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,443 French Canadians, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, 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 value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, 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, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC052014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC186002— 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. Jean, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc052014-1851/.