St. Barnabé, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Barnabé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,490. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.476°N, 72.944°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Barnabé had a population of 1,490: 781 male and 709 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,490 |
| 1861 | 1,631 |
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. Barnabé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,490 total population, 781 males, 709 females, Male members of the family who are present: 687, Female members of the family who are present: 671, 528 single males, 481 single females, 240 married males, 215 families, 211 married females, 108 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 94, 94 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 85, Female members of the family who are absent: 42, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 20 male births, 17 female births, 17 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 112 females aged 5 to 10, 111 males aged 5 to 10, 101 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 single males aged 15 to 20, 77 single females aged 15 to 20, 73 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 married females aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females under age 1, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 males under age 1, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,468 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 692,795 tons of hay, 142,029 bushels of oats, 64,335 pounds of homemade butter, 40,859 pounds of maple sugar, 29,324 acres of land in farms, 23,064 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,583 pounds of flax or hemp, 10,703 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,009 acres of oats, 7,671 bushels of buckwheat, 6,726 bushels of peas, 6,644 bushels of potatoes, 6,260 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,560 sheep, 4,475 acres of farmland under crops, 3,829 bushels of wheat, 3,262 pounds of tobacco, 2,996 barrels of pork, 1,883 milk cows, 1,743 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,391 swine, 1,050 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,040 bushels of turnips, 1,009 acres of peas, 1,008 horses, 967 barrels of beef, 954 acres of buckwheat, 944 calves and heifers, 777 bushels of corn, 562 acres of wheat, 302 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 294 bushels of barley, 211 occupants of farms, 143 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 141 acres of turnips, 133 acres of potatoes, 112 bushels of rye, 111 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 89 bushels of carrots, 75 acres of corn, 72 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 acres of barley, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 acres of rye, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,437 yards of linen, 8,732 yards of flannel, 5,241 yards of fulled cloth, $2,460 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $985 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $950 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $310 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 62 employees in saw mills, 18 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 11 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills returning capital, 5 employees in grist mills, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in foundries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Évariste Gélinas | 1840–1873 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC073006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052002_1851— 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. Barnabé, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barnab-qc073006-1851/.