St. Armand, East, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Armand, East was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,557. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.046°N, 72.812°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Armand, East had a population of 1,557: 785 male and 772 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,557 |
| 1861 | 1,825 |
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. Armand, East shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 213 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,557 total population, 785 males, 772 females, Female members of the family who are present: 687, Male members of the family who are present: 679, 485 single males, 459 single females, 280 married females, 279 married males, 265 families, 194 males attending school, 173 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 106, Females present who are not members of the family: 85, 33 widowed females, 30 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 27, Male members of the family who are present: 27, 24 female births, 21 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 115 males aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 10 to 15, 95 females aged 5 to 10, 79 single males aged 15 to 20, 77 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 71 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 single females aged 15 to 20, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 28 males under age 1, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 females age 3 to 4, 24 females under age 1, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 833 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 317 persons originating in the United States, 277 French Canadians, 92 persons originating in Ireland, 30 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 2 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 63,147 pounds of homemade butter, 13,014 acres of land in farms, 12,168 bushels of oats, 9,522 pounds of maple sugar, 8,666 bushels of potatoes, 7,557 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,390 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,457 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,300 bushels of corn, 4,771 gallons of cider, 4,624 acres of farmland under crops, 4,131 bushels of wheat, 3,447 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,097 tons of hay, 2,730 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,388 bushels of rye, 1,370 sheep, 1,242 bushels of buckwheat, 1,069 bushels of turnips, 921 barrels of pork, 748 bushels of carrots, 684 milk cows, 668 calves and heifers, 526 acres of oats, 424 bushels of peas, 415 bulls, oxen, or steers, 402 horses, 315 acres of wheat, 273 bushels of beans, 270 pounds of flax or hemp, 252 swine, 203 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 202 acres of corn, 193 barrels of beef, 170 occupants of farms, 129 acres of potatoes, 109 acres of rye, 90 acres of buckwheat, 51 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 pounds of tobacco, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 34 pounds of hops, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 acres of peas, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of barley, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,961 yards of flannel, 348 yards of fulled cloth, 227 yards of linen, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 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 carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting weekly production, 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 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 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 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. $1,500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund Leavens Chandler | 1829–1880 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC063002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC033006— 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. Armand, East, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-armand-east-qc063002-1851/.