St. Casimir, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Casimir was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911982. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.741°N, 72.247°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Casimir had a population of 1,093: 545 male and 548 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,093 |
| 1861 | 1,667 |
| 1871 | 2,263 |
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. Casimir shared boundaries with:
- Alton, Township
- Deschambault
- Grondines
- NO DATA
- NO DATA
- St. Prosper
- St. Stanislas & St. Narcisse
- Ste. Anne Lapérade
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,093 total population, 548 females, 545 males, Male members of the family who are present: 505, Female members of the family who are present: 499, 369 single males, 357 single females, 182 families, 173 married females, 171 married males, 76 females attending school, 51 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, 37 female births, 29 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 25, 18 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 5 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 85 females aged 5 to 10, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 males aged 5 to 10, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 59 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 females under age 1, 35 single males aged 20 to 30, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 males under age 1, 24 females age 3 to 4, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,051 French Canadians, 27 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 Indigenous persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in Ireland, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 139,772 tons of hay, 17,287 acres of land in farms, 14,627 pounds of maple sugar, 14,471 bushels of oats, 13,811 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,784 bushels of potatoes, 4,169 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,039 pounds of homemade butter, 3,476 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,280 acres of farmland under crops, 1,867 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,474 bushels of wheat, 1,264 bushels of buckwheat, 1,193 acres of farmland in pasture, 983 acres of oats, 880 bushels of peas, 661 sheep, 463 pounds of tobacco, 358 milk cows, 352 swine, 262 calves and heifers, 229 barrels of pork, 182 horses, 174 occupants of farms, 158 acres of wheat, 132 acres of buckwheat, 127 bushels of barley, 118 bushels of turnips, 116 acres of peas, 112 acres of potatoes, 96 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 88 bushels of rye, 79 bulls, oxen, or steers, 53 barrels of beef, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 bushels of corn, 21 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of rye, 4 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 154,000 saw mill plants, 3,024 yards of linen, 1,189 yards of flannel, 859 yards of fulled cloth, $80 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 39 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries reporting, tanneries 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 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 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 of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| André-Raphaël Giroux | 1815–1869 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC068001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC143002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911982
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. Casimir, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-casimir-qc068001-1851/.