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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2642428

St. Charles Borromée, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Charles Borromée was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,570. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2642428. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.035°N, 73.445°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Charles Borromée had a population of 2,570: 1,303 male and 1,267 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. Charles Borromée shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,570 total population, 1,303 males, 1,267 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,191, Female members of the family who are present: 1,187, 859 single males, 802 single females, 442 families, 432 married males, 431 married females, 163 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 112, 105 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 80, Male members of the family who are present: 41, 34 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 12 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 585 males of unknown age, 558 females of unknown age, 153 single males aged 15 to 20, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 131 married females aged 20 to 30, 128 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 single males aged 20 to 30, 49 single males aged 10 to 15, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 single females aged 10 to 15, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,514 French Canadians, 31 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 64,001 tons of hay, 22,150 bushels of oats, 13,251 acres of land in farms, 8,386 pounds of maple sugar, 7,488 pounds of homemade butter, 6,768 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,483 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,236 bushels of potatoes, 4,574 bushels of wheat, 3,902 acres of farmland under crops, 2,763 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,009 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,967 acres of oats, 1,565 bushels of peas, 1,487 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,334 pounds of tobacco, 1,286 bushels of rye, 812 sheep, 742 acres of wheat, 732 bushels of buckwheat, 679 milk cows, 573 barrels of pork, 561 swine, 498 bushels of corn, 452 horses, 321 acres of peas, 320 occupants of farms, 296 acres of rye, 211 calves and heifers, 141 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 134 bushels of barley, 131 acres of potatoes, 123 acres of buckwheat, 103 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 85 bulls, oxen, or steers, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 55 acres of corn, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 acres of barley, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,200 saw mill plants, 1,778 yards of linen, $1,500 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,442 yards of fulled cloth, 1,012 yards of flannel, 700 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, $290 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 employees in saw mills, 100 foundries returning capital, 18 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 11 employees in grist mills, 3 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 3, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 saw mills returning capital, $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills not reporting,   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 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 52 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: 24, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 14, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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. Charles Borromée, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-borrom-e-qc050008-1851/.