St. Ambroise, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Ambroise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,575. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911857. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.883°N, 71.391°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Ambroise had a population of 2,575: 1,329 male and 1,246 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. Ambroise, 1861 (77.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Ambroise shared boundaries with:
- Ancienne Lorette
- Ancienne Lorette & Part of St. Ambroise
- Charlesbourg, VL
- Indians
- St. Edmond
- St. Gabriel
- St. Roch, No. 2
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,575 total population, 1,329 males, 1,246 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,151, Male members of the family who are present: 1,132, 781 single females, 753 single males, 542 married males, 495 families, 404 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 197, 152 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 95, 74 female births, 70 males attending school, 61 widowed females, 58 male births, 34 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 12, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 174 females aged 5 to 10, 174 married males aged 30 to 40, 152 married males aged 40 to 50, 149 males aged 5 to 10, 147 single males aged 10 to 15, 126 single females aged 10 to 15, 125 single males aged 15 to 20, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 112 married females aged 20 to 30, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 females under age 1, 57 males under age 1, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 40 females age 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 single females aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,164 French Canadians, 245 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 151 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 287,871 tons of hay, 26,466 bushels of potatoes, 25,158 bushels of oats, 21,698 acres of land in farms, 14,645 pounds of homemade butter, 13,412 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,837 pounds of maple sugar, 8,286 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,487 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,797 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,686 acres of farmland under crops, 2,231 bushels of turnips, 2,142 acres of oats, 2,129 bushels of wheat, 2,066 pounds of wool produced on farms, 696 milk cows, 665 sheep, 573 swine, 411 acres of potatoes, 399 horses, 355 occupants of farms, 305 bushels of peas, 268 bulls, oxen, or steers, 264 calves and heifers, 245 barrels of pork, 218 bushels of barley, 167 acres of wheat, 125 bushels of beans, 118 bushels of buckwheat, 113 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 86 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 bushels of corn, 55 acres of peas, 37 acres of barley, 34 pounds of tobacco, 27 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 acres of buckwheat, 16 acres of corn, 15 acres of rye, 12 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,889 yards of fulled cloth, 1,829 yards of linen, 803 yards of flannel, $170 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 16 employees in grist mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in tanneries, grist mills powered by steam, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling). 12,200 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 200 barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Auclair | 1813–1887 | born here |
| Dominique Racine | 1828–1888 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC069003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911857
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. Ambroise, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-qc069003-1851/.