St. Célestin, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Célestin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 468. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911983. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.208°N, 72.401°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Célestin had a population of 468: 252 male and 216 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Célestin shared boundaries with:

• Aston, Township
• Blandford
• Bécancour
• St. Grégoire
• Ste. Monique

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 468 total population, 252 males, Male members of the family who are present: 239, 216 females, Female members of the family who are present: 199, 184 single males, 142 single females, 66 families, 64 married females, 64 married males, 49 males attending school, 33 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, Males present who are not members of the family: 13, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 11 male births, 10 female births, 4 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 45 males aged 5 to 10, 36 females aged 5 to 10, 32 single males aged 10 to 15, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 married females aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 married males aged 30 to 40, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 17 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 males under age 1, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 single males aged 20 to 30, 9 females age 3 to 4, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 females under age 1, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 8 married males aged 20 to 30, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 450 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 48,510 tons of hay, 7,061 bushels of oats, 4,815 acres of land in farms, 3,358 pounds of maple sugar, 3,308 bushels of potatoes, 3,232 bushels of wheat, 2,957 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,595 pounds of homemade butter, 1,858 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,273 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,185 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,116 acres of farmland under crops, 924 acres of oats, 737 acres of farmland in pasture, 516 sheep, 451 bushels of buckwheat, 413 acres of wheat, 244 milk cows, 241 pounds of tobacco, 175 swine, 124 bushels of barley, 123 bushels of peas, 97 horses, 90 bushels of turnips, 88 acres of buckwheat, 77 calves and heifers, 65 bushels of corn, 61 occupants of farms, 59 acres of potatoes, 42 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 bulls, oxen, or steers, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 34 acres of peas, 13 barrels of beef, 12 acres of barley, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 barrels of pork, 8 acres of corn, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 989 yards of linen, 637 yards of fulled cloth, 574 yards of flannel, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   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 value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories 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),   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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC066009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911983

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. Célestin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-lestin-qc066009-1851/.