St. Antoine, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,191. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q932023. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.611°N, 71.505°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Antoine had a population of 3,191: 1,662 male and 1,529 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 contained St. Antoine, 1861 (40.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Apollinaire, 1861 (56.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Antoine shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,191 total population, 1,662 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,573, 1,529 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,439, 1,139 single males, 1,001 single females, 503 families, 484 married males, 483 married females, 240 males attending school, 138 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, Males present who are not members of the family: 89, 63 male births, 50 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 46, 45 widowed females, 39 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 35, 6 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 260 males aged 5 to 10, 217 females aged 5 to 10, 215 single males aged 10 to 15, 193 single females aged 10 to 15, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 175 single females aged 15 to 20, 141 married females aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 133 married females aged 30 to 40, 126 married males aged 40 to 50, 122 single males aged 20 to 30, 112 single females aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 males aged 1 to 2, 71 males under age 1, 66 females under age 1, 65 females aged 1 to 2, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 females age 3 to 4, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,171 French Canadians, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 304,883 tons of hay, 40,862 bushels of oats, 38,823 acres of land in farms, 28,309 pounds of homemade butter, 23,427 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,577 bushels of potatoes, 15,396 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,221 pounds of maple sugar, 8,190 acres of farmland under crops, 7,795 bushels of wheat, 7,129 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,630 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,294 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,736 bushels of peas, 3,732 acres of oats, 2,937 sheep, 2,767 bushels of rye, 1,137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,136 acres of wheat, 1,057 milk cows, 1,034 swine, 776 bushels of barley, 687 calves and heifers, 576 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 551 acres of peas, 546 horses, 533 acres of rye, 452 barrels of pork, 414 occupants of farms, 410 bushels of buckwheat, 404 bushels of corn, 332 acres of potatoes, 201 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 169 pounds of tobacco, 156 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 137 bushels of turnips, 125 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 80 acres of buckwheat, 71 acres of barley, 68 barrels of beef, 52 bushels of carrots, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 39 bushels of beans, 34 acres of corn, 31 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,470 yards of linen, 4,242 yards of flannel, 3,979 yards of fulled cloth, $525 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 200 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $170 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 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 not reporting, employees in foundries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories not reporting, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Pilote | 1811–1886 | born here |
| Praxède LaRue | 1823–1902 | born here |
| James King | b. 1848 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC061005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC061005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q932023
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. Antoine, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-qc061005-1851/.