St. Barthélémy, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Barthélémy was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,291. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.215°N, 73.166°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Barthélémy had a population of 2,291: 1,178 male and 1,113 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,291 |
| 1861 | 2,429 |
| 1871 | 2,509 |
| 1881 | 2,812 |
| 1891 | 2,527 |
| 1901 | 2,562 |
| 1911 | 2,591 |
| 1921 | 2,382 |
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. Barthélémy shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,291 total population, 1,178 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,142, 1,113 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,076, 798 single males, 720 single females, 371 married males, 362 married females, 338 families, 84 male births, 79 males attending school, 70 female births, 54 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 36, 31 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 178 males aged 5 to 10, 164 females aged 5 to 10, 154 single males aged 10 to 15, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 124 single females aged 15 to 20, 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 91 males under age 1, 85 single males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 females under age 1, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 57 married males aged 50 to 60, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 males aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,282 French Canadians, 8 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 346,430 tons of hay, 78,891 bushels of oats, 24,250 pounds of homemade butter, 21,947 acres of land in farms, 21,221 pounds of maple sugar, 15,886 pounds of flax or hemp, 11,470 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,486 bushels of wheat, 10,477 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,288 acres of farmland under crops, 5,224 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,821 bushels of peas, 4,256 bushels of buckwheat, 4,230 acres of oats, 4,131 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,033 pounds of tobacco, 2,667 bushels of potatoes, 2,572 sheep, 2,460 bushels of barley, 1,708 swine, 1,528 acres of wheat, 1,441 milk cows, 765 horses, 719 acres of peas, 572 barrels of pork, 499 bushels of corn, 494 calves and heifers, 382 acres of buckwheat, 317 occupants of farms, 229 bulls, oxen, or steers, 164 acres of barley, 90 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 acres of potatoes, 74 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 acres of corn, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,108 yards of linen, 4,241 yards of flannel, 2,941 yards of fulled cloth, $275 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 155 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 50 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills returning capital, $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries reporting, employees in foundries, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, 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, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 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 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, 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 males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Zéphirin Gauthier | 1842–1922 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC050002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC043005_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461850
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Barthélémy, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barth-l-my-qc050002-1851/.