Ste. Anne de la Pérade, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Anne de la Pérade was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,481. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.599°N, 72.204°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Anne de la Pérade had a population of 2,481: 1,204 male and 1,277 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, Ste. Anne de la Pérade shared boundaries with:

• Grondines, VL
• St. Casimir, VL
• St. François-Xavier de Batiscan
• St. Prosper
• Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 233 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,481 total population, 1,277 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,223, 1,204 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,137, 846 single females, 791 single males, 378 married males, 377 married females, 341 families, 195 males attending school, 158 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 67, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 54 male births, 54 widowed females, 44 female births, 35 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 187 females aged 5 to 10, 178 males aged 5 to 10, 138 single females aged 15 to 20, 128 single males aged 10 to 15, 127 single females aged 10 to 15, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 106 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 males under age 1, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 married males aged 60 to 70, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females age 3 to 4, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 females under age 1, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 34 single females aged 30 to 40, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 28 single females aged 40 to 50, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,458 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 381,134 tons of hay, 53,104 bushels of oats, 30,819 acres of land in farms, 30,304 pounds of maple sugar, 28,632 pounds of homemade butter, 17,905 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,914 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,772 bushels of potatoes, 12,305 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,559 bushels of wheat, 8,540 acres of farmland under crops, 7,508 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,305 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,168 bushels of buckwheat, 3,004 acres of oats, 2,784 sheep, 1,233 milk cows, 1,012 pounds of tobacco, 957 bushels of peas, 893 calves and heifers, 859 acres of wheat, 774 swine, 669 bushels of barley, 500 horses, 378 bulls, oxen, or steers, 340 barrels of pork, 337 acres of buckwheat, 314 occupants of farms, 280 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 225 acres of peas, 209 bushels of corn, 198 bushels of turnips, 190 barrels of beef, 169 acres of potatoes, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 57 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 acres of barley, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 acres of corn, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 bushels of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of rye, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,006 yards of linen, 3,334 yards of flannel, 3,108 yards of fulled cloth, $27 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 14 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills powered by steam,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   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 reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 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 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 15 to 20: 1, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 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: QC053001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464159

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). "Ste. Anne de la Pérade, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-anne-de-la-p-rade-qc053001-1851/.