Ste. Thérèse, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Thérèse, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,129. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.639°N, 73.844°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Thérèse, T-V had a population of 1,129: 612 male and 517 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. Thérèse, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Ste. Thérèse, Parish

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,129 total population, 612 males, 517 females, 434 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 414, Male members of the family who are present: 412, 326 single females, 221 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 200, 169 married males, 168 families, 167 married females, 110 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 103, 24 widowed females, 23 male births, 21 female births, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 females aged 5 to 10, 61 single females aged 15 to 20, 59 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 20 to 30, 49 males aged 5 to 10, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 41 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 males under age 1, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 16 females under age 1, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,012 French Canadians, 59 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 persons originating in the United States, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 11,000 tons of hay, 7,148 pounds of homemade butter, 1,400 pounds of maple sugar, 810 bushels of potatoes, 614 acres of land in farms, 413 pounds of wool produced on farms, 384 acres of farmland under cultivation, 351 pounds of tobacco, 300 bushels of wheat, 275 bushels of oats, 245 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 230 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 224 acres of farmland in pasture, 203 barrels of pork, 175 sheep, 158 barrels of beef, 156 milk cows, 156 swine, 150 occupants of farms, 140 bushels of peas, 136 acres of farmland under crops, 130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 123 horses, 107 bushels of carrots, 101 bulls, oxen, or steers, 72 bushels of barley, 66 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 calves and heifers, 42 bushels of beans, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 28 acres of wheat, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 acres of potatoes, 16 acres of peas, 16 bushels of corn, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 pounds of flax or hemp, 14 acres of oats, 3 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,500 distilleries returning capital, 213 yards of flannel, $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 125 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 119 yards of fulled cloth, 62 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 62 yards of linen, 5 employees in distilleries, 3 saw mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills returning capital, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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 saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 600 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 3 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: QC079002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se

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. Thérèse, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-th-r-se-t-v-qc079002-1851/.