Ste. Sophie, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Sophie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913110. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.831°N, 73.919°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Sophie had a population of 1,460: 756 male and 704 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. Sophie shared boundaries with:

• Abercrombie, Township
• Kilkenny
• St. Jérôme
• St. Lin
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 197 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,460 total population, 756 males, 704 females, Male members of the family who are present: 703, Female members of the family who are present: 663, 515 single males, 460 single females, 246 families, 216 married females, 215 married males, 102 males attending school, 78 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, 36 female births, 28 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 23 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 11, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 116 males aged 5 to 10, 107 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 79 single females aged 10 to 15, 79 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 single females aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females under age 1, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males under age 1, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 males of unknown age, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 females of unknown age, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 599 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 454 French Canadians, 287 persons originating in Ireland, 100 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 155,875 tons of hay, 31,368 pounds of homemade butter, 21,127 acres of land in farms, 19,109 bushels of oats, 15,474 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,071 bushels of potatoes, 5,653 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,081 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,640 pounds of maple sugar, 2,138 bushels of wheat, 1,571 acres of farmland under crops, 1,561 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,406 bushels of turnips, 1,016 bushels of peas, 985 acres of oats, 700 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 655 milk cows, 620 bushels of buckwheat, 580 sheep, 431 pounds of flax or hemp, 379 calves and heifers, 313 swine, 281 horses, 251 acres of wheat, 249 barrels of pork, 202 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 181 acres of potatoes, 145 pounds of tobacco, 119 barrels of beef, 119 occupants of farms, 95 bushels of barley, 90 acres of peas, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 bushels of carrots, 67 bulls, oxen, or steers, 66 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 55 bushels of corn, 38 acres of buckwheat, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 acres of turnips, 14 bushels of rye, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of barley, 2 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,000 tanneries returning capital, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 611 yards of flannel, 464 yards of fulled cloth, $225 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 198 yards of linen, 25 employees in tanneries, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 tanneries, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries 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,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   foundries not reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   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,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories 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 saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 33,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,594 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913110

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. Sophie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-sophie-qc079007-1851/.