Ste. Mélanie, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Mélanie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,749. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464378. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.161°N, 73.553°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Mélanie had a population of 1,749: 866 male and 883 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. Mélanie shared boundaries with:

• Cathcart
• Kildare
• St. Félix
• Ste. Elizabeth

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,749 total population, 883 females, 866 males, Male members of the family who are present: 814, Female members of the family who are present: 810, 571 single females, 557 single males, 297 families, 295 married males, 293 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, 69 males attending school, 61 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, 48 female births, 40 male births, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 145 females aged 5 to 10, 129 males aged 5 to 10, 112 single males aged 10 to 15, 101 single females aged 15 to 20, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 97 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 females under age 1, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 40 males under age 1, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 27 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,718 French Canadians, 20 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 103,519 tons of hay, 26,164 pounds of maple sugar, 23,777 acres of land in farms, 22,080 bushels of oats, 16,909 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,868 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,118 bushels of wheat, 5,709 bushels of potatoes, 5,521 pounds of homemade butter, 4,133 acres of farmland under crops, 3,213 bushels of rye, 2,881 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,731 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,533 bushels of peas, 1,829 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,565 acres of oats, 1,281 bushels of buckwheat, 1,051 sheep, 757 pounds of tobacco, 740 acres of wheat, 623 bushels of barley, 558 swine, 535 bushels of corn, 457 acres of rye, 457 milk cows, 399 acres of peas, 353 calves and heifers, 341 horses, 258 barrels of pork, 253 occupants of farms, 143 acres of buckwheat, 142 acres of potatoes, 112 bulls, oxen, or steers, 107 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 98 acres of corn, 95 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 acres of barley, 43 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,234 yards of flannel, 1,004 yards of fulled cloth, 93 yards of linen, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, $2 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water,   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 reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   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 not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   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,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  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).   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 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 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 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 2 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: QC050016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC060012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464378
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A9lanie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A9lanie

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. Mélanie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-m-lanie-qc050016-1851/.