Indians in St. François, Quebec (1851 census)

Indians in St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 236. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.078°N, 72.817°W.

Population

In 1851, Indians in St. François had a population of 236: 127 male and 109 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Pierreville, VL, 1861 (4.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Indians in St. François shared boundaries with:

• St. François

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 236 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 127, 127 males, 127 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 109, 109 females, 109 single females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 127 males of unknown age, 109 females of unknown age. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 236 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   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,   saw mill plants,   saw mills reporting daily production,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   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, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries,   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC083006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Indians in St. François, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/indians-in-st-fran-ois-qc083006-1851/.