Ste. Anne, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Anne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 915. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.426°N, 73.935°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Anne had a population of 915: 463 male and 452 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 915 |
| 1861 | 1,124 |
| 1871 | 1,296 |
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 915 total population, 463 males, 452 females, Male members of the family who are present: 431, Female members of the family who are present: 415, 313 single males, 302 single females, 141 married females, 141 married males, 133 families, 43 males attending school, 38 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 26 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 22 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 9 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 65 males aged 5 to 10, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 single males aged 10 to 15, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 49 single females aged 10 to 15, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 females aged 5 to 10, 44 married females aged 20 to 30, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 males under age 1, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females under age 1, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 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 877 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 69,080 tons of hay, 18,002 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,525 bushels of potatoes, 11,935 bushels of oats, 6,707 acres of land in farms, 6,249 bushels of wheat, 5,044 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,933 bushels of peas, 3,275 acres of farmland under crops, 1,979 pounds of tobacco, 1,721 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,674 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,663 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,595 pounds of maple sugar, 1,141 bushels of buckwheat, 767 bushels of barley, 694 swine, 636 acres of oats, 636 acres of wheat, 436 acres of peas, 418 bushels of corn, 380 pounds of homemade butter, 325 calves and heifers, 325 milk cows, 247 sheep, 245 bulls, oxen, or steers, 197 horses, 184 barrels of pork, 174 acres of potatoes, 104 bushels of rye, 95 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 87 acres of buckwheat, 59 occupants of farms, 45 gallons of cider, 43 acres of barley, 33 barrels of beef, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 acres of corn, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 acres of rye, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 pounds of hops, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,038 yards of fulled cloth, 957 yards of flannel, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 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, gallons of beer produced in breweries, 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 distilleries, employees in tanneries, foundries, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sévère-Joseph-Nicolas Dumoulin | 1793–1853 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC108006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141500
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-anne-qc065007-1851/.