Ste. Croix, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,188. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.600°N, 71.686°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Croix had a population of 2,188: 1,071 male and 1,117 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. Croix shared boundaries with:

• Lotbinière
• St. Antoine
• St. Flavien, VL

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,188 total population, 1,117 females, 1,071 males, Male members of the family who are present: 986, Female members of the family who are present: 983, 741 single females, 727 single males, 324 married females, 324 married males, 305 families, 144 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 134, 134 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 85, 57 female births, 52 widowed females, 50 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 38, Male members of the family who are present: 25, 20 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 165 females aged 5 to 10, 154 males aged 5 to 10, 142 single females aged 15 to 20, 128 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 15 to 20, 101 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 married females aged 40 to 50, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 females under age 1, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 39 males under age 1, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females age 3 to 4, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,159 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 361,747 tons of hay, 44,555 bushels of oats, 41,258 pounds of homemade butter, 33,904 acres of land in farms, 19,752 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,285 bushels of potatoes, 14,152 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,925 pounds of maple sugar, 8,557 bushels of wheat, 7,516 acres of farmland under crops, 6,518 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,513 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,077 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,343 acres of oats, 2,562 sheep, 1,723 bushels of peas, 1,234 acres of wheat, 998 milk cows, 927 calves and heifers, 864 swine, 754 bushels of buckwheat, 496 horses, 444 bushels of barley, 433 bulls, oxen, or steers, 416 barrels of pork, 351 acres of peas, 283 bushels of turnips, 272 occupants of farms, 263 pounds of tobacco, 224 acres of potatoes, 201 acres of buckwheat, 165 bushels of corn, 129 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 118 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 72 barrels of beef, 67 bushels of rye, 52 acres of barley, 40 bushels of beans, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 acres of corn, 14 bushels of carrots, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,962 yards of linen, 3,440 yards of fulled cloth, 3,436 yards of flannel, $212 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 5 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   woollen factories not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: QC061006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464232
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Croix, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-croix-qc061006-1851/.