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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112911984

St. Césaire, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Césaire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,866. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.425°N, 73.002°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Césaire had a population of 4,866: 2,513 male and 2,353 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Césaire shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,866 total population, 2,513 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,393, 2,353 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,241, 1,719 single males, 1,532 single females, 770 families, 754 married males, 738 married females, 383 males attending school, 306 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, Females present who are not members of the family: 112, Male members of the family who are present: 85, 83 widowed females, 70 male births, 60 female births, 40 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 38, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 384 males aged 5 to 10, 348 females aged 5 to 10, 317 single males aged 15 to 20, 314 single males aged 10 to 15, 277 single females aged 10 to 15, 247 married females aged 20 to 30, 239 single females aged 15 to 20, 202 married males aged 30 to 40, 189 married females aged 30 to 40, 189 married males aged 20 to 30, 164 married males aged 40 to 50, 148 single females aged 20 to 30, 143 single males aged 20 to 30, 133 married females aged 40 to 50, 130 males aged 1 to 2, 116 married males aged 50 to 60, 115 females aged 1 to 2, 104 males aged 3 to 4, 94 males aged 4 to 5, 92 females age 3 to 4, 90 males under age 1, 88 females aged 2 to 3, 81 females aged 4 to 5, 75 males aged 2 to 3, 69 married females aged 50 to 60, 65 females under age 1, 60 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 married females aged 60 to 70, 42 females of unknown age, 41 married females aged 15 to 20, 33 males of unknown age, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,616 French Canadians, 189 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in the United States, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 540,725 tons of hay, 38,722 bushels of oats, 36,827 pounds of homemade butter, 32,368 acres of land in farms, 32,219 bushels of wheat, 19,119 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,018 pounds of maple sugar, 13,249 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,727 acres of farmland under crops, 12,651 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,971 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,767 bushels of peas, 6,329 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,848 bushels of potatoes, 4,117 sheep, 4,000 pounds of tobacco, 3,891 acres of wheat, 3,548 bushels of corn, 2,543 acres of oats, 1,649 bushels of buckwheat, 1,604 milk cows, 1,527 swine, 1,340 horses, 1,137 acres of peas, 1,033 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,019 calves and heifers, 715 bushels of barley, 626 barrels of pork, 493 occupants of farms, 331 bulls, oxen, or steers, 286 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 201 acres of corn, 159 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 140 acres of potatoes, 122 acres of buckwheat, 110 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 87 bushels of carrots, 82 bushels of turnips, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 59 barrels of beef, 58 acres of barley, 55 bushels of beans, 49 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 47 bushels of rye, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 gallons of cider, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,096 yards of fulled cloth, 5,533 yards of flannel, 4,578 yards of linen, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 employees in saw mills,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   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 foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting, $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 165 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 48 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 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 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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. Césaire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-saire-qc078005-1851/.