St. Arsène, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Arsène was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,958. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.907°N, 69.410°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Arsène had a population of 1,958: 955 male and 1,003 female residents. Population density was 62.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,958 |
| 1861 | 1,680 |
| 1871 | 1,512 |
| 1881 | 1,467 |
| 1891 | 1,213 |
| 1901 | 1,093 |
| 1911 | 1,051 |
| 1921 | 1,072 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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. Arsène, 1861 (87.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Arsène shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 334 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 234 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 29 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 930 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 73 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 881 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 51 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 74 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 234 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 25 |
| Number of females | 1,003 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 20 |
| Number of males | 955 |
| Number of males attending school | 1 |
| Number of married females | 250 |
| Number of married males | 242 |
| Number of single females | 727 |
| Number of single males | 700 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| POP | 1,929 |
| POP FX N.1 | 1,003 |
| POP MX N.1 | 955 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,958 |
| Total population | 1,958 |
Age structure (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 35 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 30 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 35 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 27 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 197 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 36 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 45 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 27 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 38 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 150 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 39 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 10 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 64 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 68 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 70 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 25 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 36 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 65 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 74 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 47 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 18 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 148 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 143 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 60 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 12 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 9 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 146 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 122 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 74 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 12 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 6 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,921 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 6 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 2 |
Agriculture (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 267 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 15 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 128 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 3,184 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 11,770 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 5,541 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 8,853 |
| Acres of land in farms | 20,623 |
| Acres of oats | 758 |
| Acres of peas | 455 |
| Acres of potatoes | 291 |
| Acres of rye | 892 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 815 |
| BAR AC | 267 |
| BAR BU | 2,207 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 141 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 359 |
| BEEF BAR | 141 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,207 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 41 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,107 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2,552 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 16,046 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 6,337 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 444 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 4,721 |
| BWT AC | 15 |
| BWT BU | 41 |
| HAY TONS | 312,594 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 121 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 383 |
| Number of horses | 433 |
| Number of milk cows | 856 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 210 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 34 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 18 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 112 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 18 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 26 |
| Number of sheep | 2,369 |
| Number of swine | 702 |
| OAT AC | 758 |
| OAT BU | 10,107 |
| PEA AC | 455 |
| PEA BU | 2,552 |
| PORK BAR | 359 |
| POT AC | 291 |
| POT BU | 16,046 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 3,324 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 28,029 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 8,667 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 169 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 4,722 |
| RYE AC | 892 |
| RYE BU | 6,337 |
| TOB LBS | 169 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 312,594 |
| WHT AC | 815 |
| WHT BU | 4,721 |
| WOOL LBS | 4,722 |
Manufacturing & industry (41 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 2 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | 150 |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 6 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of foundries not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 2 |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 65 |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 4,826 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 4,874 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 6,014 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 2,813 |
Deaths & mortality (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| 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 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 13 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 15 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 7 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 28 |
Other recorded variables (132 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 28,029 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BOV | 121 |
| C F BAR | 2,813 |
| C H | 383 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 955 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 1,003 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,958 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 881 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 930 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 74 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 73 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 51 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 29 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 2 |
| C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 4 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 20 |
| C126 MD MALE | 242 |
| C127 S MALE | 700 |
| C128 WID MALE | 13 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 955 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 25 |
| C130 MD FEM | 250 |
| C131 S FEM | 727 |
| C132 WID FEM | 26 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 1,003 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,958 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 15 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 13 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 28 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 39 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 1 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 26 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 7 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 3 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 36 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 30 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 2 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 45 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 35 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 1 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 27 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 35 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 2 |
| C29 DEATHS UNDER 4 F | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 65 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 6 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 38 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 2 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 27 |
| C32 CFM NO | 2 |
| C32 DEATHS UNDER 5 M | 1 |
| C33 CFM RETURNS | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 150 |
| C34 CFM CAPITAL | 150 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 197 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 146 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 148 |
| C42 BTWN 10 AND 15 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C43 BTWN 10 AND 15 F DEATHS | 3 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 122 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 10 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 143 |
| C49 BTWN 15 AND 20 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 36 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 74 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 64 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 60 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 65 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 12 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 68 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 12 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 2 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 74 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 4 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 70 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 9 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 6 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 4 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 47 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 6 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 25 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 1 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 4 |
| C80 BTWN 50 AND 60 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 18 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 6 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 4 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 2 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 3 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 4 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 5 |
| C97 BTWN 70 AND 80 F DEATHS | 1 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| CROP | 5,541 |
| CULT | 8,853 |
| FC YRDS | 4,874 |
| FLAN YRDS | 4,826 |
| FLX LBS | 3,324 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,921 |
| GARDEN | 128 |
| HELD | 20,623 |
| HORSE | 433 |
| IRE | 2 |
| LIN YRDS | 6,014 |
| LINE NO | 1,325 |
| M COWS | 856 |
| MPLS LBS | 8,667 |
| NOT FRN | 6 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 2 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 34 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 18 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 112 |
| O OVR 200 | 18 |
| O UNDR 10 | 26 |
| PASTURE | 3,184 |
| SHEEP | 2,369 |
| SWINE | 702 |
| TOT O | 210 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 444 |
| WOOD | 11,770 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095008— 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. Arsène, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ars-ne-qc071005-1851/.