St. Thomas, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,994. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912821. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.945°N, 70.539°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Thomas had a population of 2,994: 1,468 male and 1,526 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. Thomas shared boundaries with:

• Berthier
• Montmagny, T-V
• NO DATA
• St. Ignace
• St. Pierre

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,994 total population, 1,526 females, 1,468 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,400, Male members of the family who are present: 1,345, 1,066 single females, 1,047 single males, 447 families, 382 married females, 382 married males, 167 males attending school, 153 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 126, Males present who are not members of the family: 123, 78 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 47, 39 widowed males, 37 female births, 36 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 7 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 212 females aged 5 to 10, 204 males aged 5 to 10, 201 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single females aged 15 to 20, 200 single males aged 10 to 15, 182 single males aged 15 to 20, 164 single males aged 20 to 30, 152 single females aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 40 to 50, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 married females aged 30 to 40, 95 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 50 to 60, 55 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 47 males aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 43 females age 3 to 4, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 2 to 3, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 females under age 1, 39 males under age 1, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 26 single females aged 40 to 50, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,990 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 76,895 pounds of homemade butter, 33,560 acres of land in farms, 26,951 pounds of maple sugar, 21,193 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,147 bushels of wheat, 14,849 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,367 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,374 bushels of barley, 6,254 acres of farmland under crops, 5,561 tons of hay, 4,214 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,552 sheep, 2,269 acres of wheat, 2,238 bushels of oats, 1,691 bushels of potatoes, 1,534 milk cows, 1,443 bushels of rye, 1,078 swine, 737 barrels of pork, 727 horses, 691 calves and heifers, 646 pounds of wool produced on farms, 605 acres of barley, 589 bushels of turnips, 564 pounds of tobacco, 535 bulls, oxen, or steers, 412 occupants of farms, 263 barrels of beef, 248 acres of rye, 175 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 90 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 87 acres of oats, 65 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 38 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 bushels of carrots, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 bushels of beans, 17 acres of potatoes, 16 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $16,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 6,697 yards of linen, 5,695 yards of flannel, $4,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4,396 yards of fulled cloth, 2,000 foundries returning capital, 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $250 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 55 employees in saw mills, 8 employees in foundries, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 100 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 58 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC060002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074013_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912821

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. Thomas, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc060002-1851/.