St. Armand W-O, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Armand W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.045°N, 73.007°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Armand W-O had a population of 1,432: 705 male and 727 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,432 |
| 1861 | 1,328 |
| 1871 | 1,056 |
| 1881 | 1,080 |
| 1891 | 999 |
| 1901 | 926 |
| 1911 | 1,074 |
| 1921 | 1,030 |
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 W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,432 total population, 727 females, 705 males, Female members of the family who are present: 667, Male members of the family who are present: 623, 463 single males, 458 single females, 245 families, 231 married females, 230 married males, 165 females attending school, 148 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 82, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 38 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 26, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 24 female births, 18 male births, 12 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 104 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 single males aged 15 to 20, 85 single females aged 15 to 20, 84 males aged 5 to 10, 84 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 females aged 5 to 10, 76 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females under age 1, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males under age 1, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 930 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 262 persons originating in the United States, 155 French Canadians, 55 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 91,930 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 45,522 pounds of homemade butter, 17,887 pounds of maple sugar, 14,117 acres of land in farms, 13,782 bushels of oats, 7,953 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,745 bushels of potatoes, 6,164 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,415 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,266 acres of farmland under crops, 3,629 bushels of corn, 3,625 tons of hay, 3,502 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,075 bushels of wheat, 2,492 bushels of turnips, 1,536 sheep, 853 milk cows, 764 gallons of cider, 672 barrels of beef, 636 calves and heifers, 618 bushels of carrots, 421 bulls, oxen, or steers, 341 acres of oats, 316 barrels of pork, 267 horses, 213 acres of wheat, 191 occupants of farms, 185 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 171 swine, 133 acres of corn, 108 bushels of buckwheat, 99 acres of potatoes, 97 bushels of beans, 97 pounds of flax or hemp, 81 bushels of rye, 78 pounds of hops, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 bushels of barley, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 bushels of peas, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 acres of buckwheat, 10 acres of turnips, 6 acres of rye, 3 acres of peas, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 15,000 saw mill plants, 5,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $2,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,975 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,500 woollen factories returning capital, 1,120 yards of flannel, 1,000 tanneries returning capital, $350 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 303 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 distilleries returning capital, 125 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 78 yards of linen, 22 employees in saw mills, 14 saw mills, 14 saw mills powered by water, 13 employees in carding and fulling mills, 13 saw mills returning capital, 11 saw mills reporting annual production, 6 employees in tanneries, 5 employees in woollen factories, 4 employees in distilleries, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 tanneries, 3 tanneries reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting, 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 returning capital, employees in foundries, 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 weekly production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories not reporting, $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 1,276,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 17,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| P.H. (Philip Henry) Moore | 1799–1880 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC063003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC072006— 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 W-O, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-armand-w-o-qc063003-1851/.