St. Urbain, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Urbain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 729. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.601°N, 70.579°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Urbain had a population of 729: 332 male and 397 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. Urbain shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• NO DATA
• St. Hilarion
• Ste. Agnès

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 729 total population, 397 females, Female members of the family who are present: 371, 332 males, Male members of the family who are present: 312, 280 single females, 219 single males, 106 married females, 105 married males, 102 families, 55 males attending school, 52 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 26, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 18 female births, 16 male births, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 54 females aged 5 to 10, 53 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 44 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 males aged 5 to 10, 42 single males aged 15 to 20, 31 married females aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 single males aged 20 to 30, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 males under age 1, 15 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 729 French Canadians, 1 female negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 66,305 tons of hay, 11,699 acres of land in farms, 8,846 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,507 bushels of rye, 3,744 bushels of oats, 3,743 bushels of potatoes, 3,267 pounds of homemade butter, 2,853 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,369 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,722 bushels of wheat, 1,714 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,532 bushels of barley, 1,517 acres of farmland under crops, 1,381 bushels of peas, 1,336 acres of farmland in pasture, 939 sheep, 886 pounds of tobacco, 574 acres of rye, 367 bushels of buckwheat, 315 acres of oats, 299 bulls, oxen, or steers, 290 acres of wheat, 280 swine, 279 milk cows, 257 calves and heifers, 169 horses, 144 acres of peas, 119 barrels of pork, 102 acres of barley, 81 occupants of farms, 77 acres of potatoes, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 barrels of beef, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 acres of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,454 yards of linen, 1,513 yards of fulled cloth, 966 yards of flannel, 40 saw mill plants, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 4, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, $4 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling),   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   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 mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   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,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC074002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048011_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912843

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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-urbain-qc074002-1851/.