Ste. Marie, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Marie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,263. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141652. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.446°N, 70.989°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Marie had a population of 3,263: 1,597 male and 1,666 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. Marie shared boundaries with:

• Frampton
• St. Bernard
• St. Elzéar
• St. Frédéric
• St. Isidore
• St. Joseph
• Ste. Marguerite

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 230 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,263 total population, 1,666 females, 1,597 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,531, Male members of the family who are present: 1,501, 1,094 single females, 1,051 single males, 592 families, 504 married females, 504 married males, 178 females attending school, 161 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 135, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, 72 male births, 68 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 53, 51 female births, 42 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 273 females aged 5 to 10, 238 males aged 5 to 10, 209 single males aged 10 to 15, 196 single females aged 10 to 15, 169 single males aged 15 to 20, 166 single females aged 15 to 20, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 133 married females aged 30 to 40, 123 married males aged 40 to 50, 111 single females aged 20 to 30, 111 single males aged 20 to 30, 104 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 males under age 1, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 66 married females aged 50 to 60, 64 females aged 2 to 3, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 58 females age 3 to 4, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 54 females under age 1, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,165 French Canadians, 56 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 618,700 tons of hay, 62,533 pounds of maple sugar, 55,633 pounds of homemade butter, 54,756 bushels of oats, 42,929 acres of land in farms, 27,471 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,458 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,744 acres of farmland under crops, 12,721 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,577 bushels of potatoes, 9,779 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,186 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,816 bushels of wheat, 4,183 acres of oats, 3,941 sheep, 3,526 bushels of peas, 2,393 bushels of barley, 1,491 calves and heifers, 1,489 pounds of tobacco, 1,425 milk cows, 1,205 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,027 swine, 615 barrels of pork, 591 horses, 575 acres of peas, 557 bushels of turnips, 499 bushels of buckwheat, 463 acres of wheat, 366 occupants of farms, 268 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 210 acres of barley, 194 acres of potatoes, 161 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 bushels of carrots, 80 bushels of rye, 72 bushels of corn, 64 bushels of beans, 60 acres of buckwheat, 43 barrels of beef, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 acres of rye, 6 acres of corn, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,356 yards of linen, 7,139 yards of flannel, 4,635 yards of fulled cloth, $1,525 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 375 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $205 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 90 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $75 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 12 saw mills, 12 saw mills not reporting, 12 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills returning capital,   breweries,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   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 not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from 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 83 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 45, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 38, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 6 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: QC054013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC040015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141652
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie_(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. Marie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marie-qc054013-1851/.