Ste. Rosalie, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Rosalie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,901. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.651°N, 72.879°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Rosalie had a population of 1,901: 936 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. Rosalie shared boundaries with:

• St. Dominique, VL
• St. Hyacinthe, Parish
• St. Simon

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,901 total population, 965 females, 936 males, Female members of the family who are present: 902, Male members of the family who are present: 878, 642 single females, 632 single males, 321 families, 293 married females, 293 married males, 100 females attending school, 93 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, Males present who are not members of the family: 58, 50 female births, 40 male births, 28 widowed females, 11 lunatic males, 11 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 8 deaf and dumb males, 7 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 blind males, 3 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 males aged 5 to 10, 155 females aged 5 to 10, 117 single males aged 10 to 15, 113 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 married females aged 20 to 30, 93 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 single males aged 15 to 20, 81 married females aged 30 to 40, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 54 females under age 1, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 males under age 1, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females age 3 to 4, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,899 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 269,084 tons of hay, 16,992 acres of land in farms, 15,511 pounds of maple sugar, 13,466 pounds of homemade butter, 11,682 bushels of wheat, 9,145 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,847 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,809 bushels of oats, 5,357 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,849 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,457 bushels of peas, 4,163 acres of farmland under crops, 3,815 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,913 bushels of potatoes, 1,995 sheep, 1,748 acres of wheat, 1,386 pounds of tobacco, 1,173 acres of oats, 841 acres of peas, 745 swine, 733 bushels of barley, 656 milk cows, 592 bushels of corn, 529 horses, 473 bulls, oxen, or steers, 387 bushels of buckwheat, 335 calves and heifers, 310 barrels of pork, 245 occupants of farms, 133 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 119 acres of potatoes, 117 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 111 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 104 barrels of beef, 97 bushels of carrots, 65 acres of barley, 57 bushels of rye, 53 acres of corn, 49 acres of buckwheat, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 31 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 bushels of turnips, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of rye, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,196 yards of linen, 2,410 yards of flannel, 2,161 yards of fulled cloth, $125 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   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 grist 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 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 daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  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 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 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, 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 females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: QC078010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC039010_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913101

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. Rosalie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-rosalie-qc078010-1851/.