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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463460

St. Urbain Premier, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Urbain Premier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,038. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.210°N, 73.734°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Urbain Premier had a population of 2,038: 1,062 male and 976 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,038
18612,081
18711,666
18811,317
18911,318
19011,222
19111,021
19211,014

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. Urbain Premier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,038 total population, 1,062 males, Male members of the family who are present: 991, 976 females, Female members of the family who are present: 910, 755 single males, 670 single females, 316 families, 307 married males, 306 married females, 124 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 121, 100 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, Females present who are not members of the family: 66, Female members of the family who are absent: 56, 47 male births, 35 female births, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 190 males aged 5 to 10, 166 females aged 5 to 10, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 124 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 51 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 males under age 1, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females under age 1, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,772 French Canadians, 179 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 65 persons originating in Scotland, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 23,031 bushels of oats, 19,393 pounds of homemade butter, 17,489 bushels of wheat, 15,319 acres of land in farms, 8,317 bushels of peas, 7,972 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,530 bushels of potatoes, 7,347 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,192 acres of farmland under crops, 4,594 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,596 pounds of maple sugar, 2,025 acres of wheat, 1,843 pounds of tobacco, 1,719 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,714 sheep, 1,483 tons of hay, 1,446 acres of oats, 1,407 pounds of flax or hemp, 828 acres of peas, 825 swine, 731 horses, 713 milk cows, 663 bushels of barley, 539 calves and heifers, 443 bushels of buckwheat, 395 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 328 occupants of farms, 226 bushels of turnips, 143 barrels of beef, 141 bushels of corn, 125 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 122 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 119 acres of potatoes, 90 barrels of pork, 80 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 75 bulls, oxen, or steers, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 57 bushels of beans, 52 acres of buckwheat, 43 acres of barley, 30 bushels of carrots, 29 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 22 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 acres of corn, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 pounds of hops, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,882 yards of fulled cloth, 2,400 tanneries returning capital, $2,325 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,205 yards of flannel, $1,700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,303 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,009 yards of linen, 300 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 24 employees in saw mills, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills powered by water, 10 saw mills returning capital, 9 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in woollen factories,   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 powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries not reporting,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. $50 value leather produced in tanneries 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.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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. Urbain Premier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-urbain-premier-qc048008-1851/.