Ste. Philomène, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Philomène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,971. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913095. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.308°N, 73.742°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Philomène had a population of 1,971: 1,006 male and 965 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. Philomène shared boundaries with:

• St. Isidore
• St. Joachim
• St. Urbain Premier
• Ste. Martine

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,971 total population, 1,006 males, 965 females, Male members of the family who are present: 948, Female members of the family who are present: 908, 688 single males, 637 single females, 315 families, 299 married females, 299 married males, 157 males attending school, 133 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 73, Males present who are not members of the family: 58, Females present who are not members of the family: 57, 47 female births, 33 male births, 29 widowed females, 19 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 females aged 5 to 10, 164 males aged 5 to 10, 128 single males aged 10 to 15, 109 single males aged 15 to 20, 97 single females aged 15 to 20, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 93 single females aged 10 to 15, 89 married males aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 married males aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 females under age 1, 52 males aged 2 to 3, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 females age 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males under age 1, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,915 French Canadians, 32 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 267,575 tons of hay, 26,562 bushels of oats, 21,978 pounds of homemade butter, 18,320 bushels of wheat, 13,407 acres of land in farms, 11,233 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,228 pounds of maple sugar, 7,629 bushels of potatoes, 7,593 bushels of peas, 7,155 acres of farmland under crops, 5,700 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,576 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,010 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,374 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,290 bushels of buckwheat, 2,197 acres of wheat, 2,174 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,924 pounds of tobacco, 1,905 acres of oats, 1,776 bushels of barley, 1,593 sheep, 1,396 bushels of carrots, 1,210 barrels of pork, 1,121 bushels of corn, 1,007 acres of peas, 815 swine, 745 horses, 500 milk cows, 400 bushels of beans, 371 calves and heifers, 300 bushels of turnips, 254 occupants of farms, 221 bulls, oxen, or steers, 197 acres of buckwheat, 190 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 159 acres of potatoes, 101 acres of barley, 81 acres of corn, 79 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 68 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 66 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 barrels of beef, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,773 yards of flannel, 2,105 yards of fulled cloth, 1,113 yards of linen,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw 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.)

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: QC057006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC049007_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913095

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. Philomène, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-philom-ne-qc057006-1851/.