St. Jean, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Jean, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,215. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.304°N, 73.262°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jean, Town—Ville had a population of 3,215: 1,602 male and 1,613 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. Jean, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 222 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,215 total population, 1,613 females, 1,602 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,440, Female members of the family who are present: 1,434, 1,083 single males, 1,053 single females, 572 families, 493 married males, 490 married females, 213 males attending school, 198 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 179, Males present who are not members of the family: 162, 70 widowed females, 26 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 17, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 3 blind females, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 211 single females aged 15 to 20, 199 single females aged 20 to 30, 196 single males aged 20 to 30, 192 males aged 5 to 10, 179 single females aged 10 to 15, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 161 married females aged 20 to 30, 159 single males aged 15 to 20, 153 single males aged 10 to 15, 142 married males aged 20 to 30, 136 married males aged 30 to 40, 131 married females aged 30 to 40, 123 single males aged 30 to 40, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 92 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 females under age 1, 57 males aged 2 to 3, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 48 males under age 1, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,235 French Canadians, 468 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 298 persons originating in Ireland, 100 persons originating in the United States, 87 persons originating in England or Wales, 20 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 411,700 tons of hay, 28,054 bushels of oats, 18,549 bushels of wheat, 14,494 acres of land in farms, 10,842 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,746 acres of farmland under crops, 6,937 bushels of peas, 6,531 pounds of homemade butter, 5,220 bushels of potatoes, 4,218 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,652 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,288 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,978 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,014 acres of wheat, 1,450 bushels of barley, 1,379 acres of oats, 1,375 sheep, 935 pounds of maple sugar, 907 swine, 830 horses, 819 milk cows, 710 bushels of corn, 677 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 638 acres of peas, 394 calves and heifers, 346 bulls, oxen, or steers, 290 bushels of buckwheat, 212 bushels of turnips, 203 pounds of tobacco, 164 occupants of farms, 149 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 118 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 117 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 105 acres of potatoes, 95 acres of barley, 95 barrels of pork, 91 bushels of carrots, 73 bushels of beans, 68 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 38 acres of corn, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 acres of buckwheat, 29 barrels of beef, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,500 tanneries returning capital, 2,508 yards of flannel, 2,089 yards of linen, 2,074 yards of fulled cloth, 14 employees in tanneries, 3 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   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 woollen factories,   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 mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills 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. $5,375 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 57 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 13 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: QC052013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC092009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141977
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-town-ville-qc052013-1851/.