St. Jean, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 348. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.175°N, 70.089°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Jean had a population of 348: 270 male and 78 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 348 |
| 1861 | 348 |
| 1871 | 612 |
| 1881 | 653 |
| 1891 | 761 |
| 1901 | 726 |
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 110 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 348 total population, 270 males, 218 single males, Males present who are not members of the family: 193, 78 females, Male members of the family who are present: 77, Female members of the family who are present: 73, 52 married males, 46 single females, 32 married females, 30 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, 2 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 single males aged 10 to 15, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 2 females aged 5 to 10, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 2 to 3, 2 married females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 30 to 40, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 males aged 5 to 10, 1 married males aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 10 to 15, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 single males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 318 French Canadians, 28 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 400 pounds of homemade butter, 302 bushels of potatoes, 142 acres of land in farms, 120 tons of hay, 95 bushels of barley, 90 bushels of oats, 89 bushels of wheat, 79 acres of farmland under cultivation, 77 bushels of peas, 73 acres of farmland under crops, 73 pounds of tobacco, 63 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 57 sheep, 35 milk cows, 32 swine, 24 acres of wheat, 23 pounds of flax or hemp, 20 barrels of pork, 16 acres of barley, 16 calves and heifers, 13 acres of oats, 13 acres of peas, 13 acres of rye, 11 horses, 11 occupants of farms, 7 acres of potatoes, 6 acres of farmland in pasture, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 13,000 saw mills reporting daily production, $400 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC074016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149025— 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-qc074016-1851/.