St. Antoine, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,784. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.799°N, 73.200°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Antoine had a population of 1,784: 863 male and 921 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, St. Antoine shared boundaries with:

• Contrecoeur
• St. Marc
• St. Ours, Parish
• Verchères

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,784 total population, 921 females, Female members of the family who are present: 865, 863 males, Male members of the family who are present: 811, 582 single females, 530 single males, 311 families, 303 married males, 299 married females, 134 females attending school, 123 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, 46 female births, 40 widowed females, 32 male births, 30 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 5 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 123 females aged 5 to 10, 105 males aged 5 to 10, 104 single females aged 15 to 20, 98 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 93 single females aged 10 to 15, 91 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 married males aged 30 to 40, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 58 males aged 1 to 2, 57 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 40 to 50, 51 females under age 1, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 38 males under age 1, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,777 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 316,250 tons of hay, 50,220 pounds of homemade butter, 36,856 bushels of oats, 26,514 bushels of peas, 20,843 bushels of wheat, 17,269 acres of land in farms, 15,090 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,310 pounds of tobacco, 7,783 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,267 acres of farmland under crops, 6,240 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,898 bushels of potatoes, 3,114 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,816 sheep, 2,470 acres of oats, 2,369 acres of wheat, 2,292 acres of peas, 2,179 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,404 pounds of maple sugar, 1,205 milk cows, 981 bushels of barley, 828 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 765 horses, 754 swine, 660 barrels of pork, 569 calves and heifers, 397 bushels of corn, 241 barrels of beef, 188 occupants of farms, 186 bulls, oxen, or steers, 113 acres of potatoes, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 acres of barley, 40 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 22 acres of corn, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms over 200 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 3,412 yards of linen, 2,972 yards of flannel, 2,190 yards of fulled cloth, $25 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 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,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in distilleries,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   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 capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries,   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: QC082006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911888

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-qc082006-1851/.