St. Augustin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Augustin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,299. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.623°N, 73.992°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Augustin had a population of 2,299: 1,149 male and 1,150 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,299 |
| 1861 | 2,228 |
| 1871 | 1,812 |
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 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,299 total population, 1,150 females, 1,149 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,041, Female members of the family who are present: 1,035, 741 single females, 741 single males, 401 families, 389 married males, 366 married females, 186 females attending school, 162 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 115, Males present who are not members of the family: 108, 58 male births, 43 widowed females, 39 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 30, 19 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 163 females aged 5 to 10, 163 males aged 5 to 10, 154 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 124 single males aged 10 to 15, 121 single females aged 15 to 20, 111 single males aged 15 to 20, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 30 to 40, 81 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 61 males under age 1, 58 males aged 1 to 2, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 females age 3 to 4, 41 females under age 1, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 married males aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females 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 2,196 French Canadians, 69 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 356,532 tons of hay, 42,126 bushels of oats, 39,671 pounds of homemade butter, 20,369 acres of land in farms, 18,012 bushels of wheat, 15,344 bushels of potatoes, 14,390 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,218 pounds of maple sugar, 8,676 acres of farmland under crops, 5,979 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,655 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,548 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,655 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,012 pounds of tobacco, 3,394 bushels of peas, 2,995 acres of oats, 2,500 bushels of barley, 2,257 sheep, 2,179 acres of wheat, 2,159 bushels of buckwheat, 1,614 bushels of carrots, 1,556 bushels of corn, 1,072 swine, 957 milk cows, 806 horses, 782 barrels of pork, 744 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 638 calves and heifers, 526 acres of peas, 361 acres of potatoes, 352 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 345 bulls, oxen, or steers, 297 acres of buckwheat, 185 bushels of rye, 180 occupants of farms, 115 acres of barley, 113 acres of corn, 107 barrels of beef, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 94 bushels of beans, 91 bushels of turnips, 68 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 59 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 58 pounds of hops, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 acres of rye, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,017 yards of linen, 3,371 yards of fulled cloth, 2,966 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $142 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $31 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 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 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC080010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097006— 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-qc080010-1851/.