St. Philippe, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Philippe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,480. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463156. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.338°N, 73.477°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Philippe had a population of 2,480: 1,224 male and 1,256 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. Philippe shared boundaries with:

• Laprairie
• L’Acadie (part)
• St. Constant
• St. Edouard
• St. Jacques le Mineur

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,480 total population, 1,256 females, 1,224 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,152, Male members of the family who are present: 1,127, 856 single males, 854 single females, 368 families, 353 married males, 351 married females, 124 males attending school, 121 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, Males present who are not members of the family: 97, 51 widowed females, 45 female births, 43 male births, 15 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 187 females aged 5 to 10, 167 males aged 5 to 10, 166 single males aged 10 to 15, 158 single females aged 10 to 15, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 158 single males aged 15 to 20, 114 single males aged 20 to 30, 111 married females aged 20 to 30, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 30 to 40, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 2 to 3, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 females under age 1, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 46 males under age 1, 45 females age 3 to 4, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,366 French Canadians, 53 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 575,650 tons of hay, 49,244 bushels of oats, 32,700 pounds of homemade butter, 25,694 acres of land in farms, 22,252 bushels of peas, 21,998 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,992 acres of farmland under crops, 13,870 bushels of wheat, 8,487 bushels of potatoes, 7,629 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,728 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,696 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,591 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,489 acres of oats, 3,378 pounds of tobacco, 3,319 sheep, 3,096 bushels of buckwheat, 2,511 acres of wheat, 2,442 acres of peas, 2,155 bushels of barley, 1,735 pounds of maple sugar, 1,501 swine, 1,434 milk cows, 1,297 horses, 887 calves and heifers, 694 barrels of pork, 635 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 602 bushels of corn, 475 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 306 occupants of farms, 278 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 262 bushels of beans, 251 acres of buckwheat, 152 bulls, oxen, or steers, 149 acres of barley, 141 acres of potatoes, 117 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 98 barrels of beef, 57 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 acres of corn, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,618 yards of fulled cloth, $3,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,232 yards of flannel, 331 yards of linen, $250 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   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 saw 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 females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC057004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463156
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Philippe, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-philippe-qc057004-1851/.