St. Alexandre, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Alexandre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.660°N, 69.581°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Alexandre had a population of 913: 440 male and 473 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 St. Alexandre, 1861 (88.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Alexandre shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Rivière du Loup
• St. André

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 913 total population, 473 females, Female members of the family who are present: 447, 440 males, Male members of the family who are present: 411, 345 single females, 306 single males, 128 families, 126 married females, 126 married males, Male members of the family who are present: 33, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, Females present who are not members of the family: 26, Female members of the family who are absent: 22, 13 female births, 12 male births, 10 females attending school, 8 widowed males, 4 males attending school, 2 widowed females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 83 females aged 5 to 10, 79 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 males aged 5 to 10, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 single males aged 15 to 20, 46 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 males under age 1, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 912 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 119,348 tons of hay, 18,857 pounds of homemade butter, 11,179 acres of land in farms, 7,263 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,040 pounds of maple sugar, 4,508 bushels of potatoes, 3,916 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,791 bushels of oats, 2,312 acres of farmland under crops, 2,161 bushels of wheat, 1,812 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,604 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,469 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,338 bushels of barley, 1,147 bushels of peas, 987 sheep, 539 acres of wheat, 423 bushels of rye, 376 milk cows, 254 acres of oats, 254 calves and heifers, 234 acres of peas, 222 swine, 210 acres of barley, 181 horses, 135 pounds of tobacco, 134 barrels of pork, 112 occupants of farms, 88 acres of potatoes, 88 acres of rye, 67 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 51 bulls, oxen, or steers, 47 barrels of beef, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of turnips, 4 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,179 yards of fulled cloth, 2,031 yards of linen, 2,016 yards of flannel,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   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 value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 24 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC058011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC058011 — 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). "St. Alexandre, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexandre-qc058011-1851/.