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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141613

St. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,565. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.323°N, 70.864°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Joseph had a population of 2,565: 1,310 male and 1,255 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,565
18613,079
18712,981
18812,838
18912,128
19012,180
1911—
19211,560

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. Joseph shared boundaries with:

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 2,565 total population, 1,310 males, 1,255 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,221, Female members of the family who are present: 1,192, 859 single males, 803 single females, 424 families, 421 married males, 420 married females, 90 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 89, 70 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, 60 male births, 56 female births, 32 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 4 blind males, 4 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 202 females aged 5 to 10, 194 males aged 5 to 10, 172 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single females aged 10 to 15, 142 single males aged 15 to 20, 129 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 106 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 62 males under age 1, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 57 females under age 1, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 55 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,533 French Canadians, 19 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 614,020 tons of hay, 113,390 pounds of maple sugar, 44,163 bushels of oats, 39,230 acres of land in farms, 36,969 pounds of homemade butter, 21,490 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,740 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,312 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,428 acres of farmland under crops, 7,417 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,060 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,211 bushels of potatoes, 3,711 bushels of barley, 3,417 sheep, 3,195 acres of oats, 1,928 bushels of peas, 1,837 pounds of tobacco, 1,616 milk cows, 929 bulls, oxen, or steers, 815 swine, 803 calves and heifers, 706 bushels of wheat, 580 bushels of turnips, 456 horses, 444 barrels of pork, 418 barrels of beef, 274 occupants of farms, 273 acres of barley, 221 bushels of rye, 196 acres of peas, 184 bushels of buckwheat, 130 acres of potatoes, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 85 acres of wheat, 45 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 34 bushels of corn, 23 acres of buckwheat, 23 acres of rye, 18 bushels of carrots, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,533 yards of linen, 5,127 yards of flannel, 3,818 yards of fulled cloth, 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills powered by water, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   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 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,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   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 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 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, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 68 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc054014-1851/.