St. Augustin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Augustin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,748. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.750°N, 71.479°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Augustin had a population of 1,748: 870 male and 878 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,748 |
| 1861 | 1,722 |
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. Augustin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,748 total population, 878 females, 870 males, Female members of the family who are present: 784, Male members of the family who are present: 773, 616 single females, 606 single males, 254 families, 233 married males, 221 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 97, Females present who are not members of the family: 94, 90 males attending school, 43 females attending school, 41 widowed females, 37 female births, 31 male births, 31 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 3 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 115 females aged 5 to 10, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 106 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 15 to 20, 87 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 single females aged 10 to 15, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 74 single males aged 15 to 20, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 single females aged 30 to 40, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 females under age 1, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males under age 1, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 single females aged 40 to 50, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females 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 1,695 French Canadians, 23 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 18 persons originating in Ireland, 10 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 253,440 tons of hay, 32,380 bushels of oats, 22,851 acres of land in farms, 19,586 pounds of homemade butter, 12,177 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,674 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,824 bushels of potatoes, 8,749 pounds of maple sugar, 6,344 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,339 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,829 acres of farmland under crops, 3,557 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,469 acres of oats, 3,464 bushels of wheat, 2,009 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,202 pounds of tobacco, 1,182 sheep, 1,089 bushels of peas, 866 milk cows, 695 acres of wheat, 673 bulls, oxen, or steers, 561 calves and heifers, 482 swine, 434 bushels of barley, 402 barrels of pork, 369 bushels of buckwheat, 360 horses, 322 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 239 acres of peas, 225 occupants of farms, 165 bushels of turnips, 98 acres of buckwheat, 96 barrels of beef, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 89 bushels of rye, 75 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 acres of barley, 45 bushels of corn, 25 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 bushels of beans, 18 acres of rye, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of carrots, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,490 yards of linen, 1,262 yards of fulled cloth, 1,204 yards of flannel, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills not reporting, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist 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, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in tanneries, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, 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 reporting, tanneries 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Petitclair | 1813–1860 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC068011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC041007— 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. Augustin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-augustin-qc068011-1851/.