St. Charles, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,309. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.763°N, 70.934°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Charles had a population of 2,309: 1,150 male and 1,159 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. Charles shared boundaries with:

• Beaumont
• St. Anselme
• St. Gervais
• St. Henri
• St. Joseph, Pointe Lévi
• St. Michel

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 203 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,309 total population, 1,159 females, 1,150 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,043, Female members of the family who are present: 1,002, 791 single males, 771 single females, 372 families, 335 married males, 334 married females, 223 males attending school, 184 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 157, Males present who are not members of the family: 107, 54 widowed females, 52 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 43, Female members of the family who are absent: 40, 34 female births, 24 widowed males, 8 deaf and dumb females, 7 deaf and dumb males, 7 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 171 males aged 5 to 10, 150 females aged 5 to 10, 142 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 single females aged 20 to 30, 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 95 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 males under age 1, 41 single females aged 30 to 40, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females under age 1, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,304 French Canadians, 4 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 416,830 tons of hay, 46,366 bushels of oats, 44,085 pounds of homemade butter, 23,613 acres of land in farms, 19,834 pounds of maple sugar, 15,621 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,992 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,786 acres of farmland under crops, 7,716 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,609 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,555 bushels of wheat, 5,174 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,777 bushels of potatoes, 3,755 bushels of rye, 3,484 acres of oats, 2,475 sheep, 1,808 bushels of peas, 1,093 swine, 1,075 milk cows, 942 pounds of tobacco, 883 barrels of pork, 850 acres of wheat, 765 calves and heifers, 729 bulls, oxen, or steers, 496 horses, 492 acres of rye, 475 bushels of turnips, 382 acres of potatoes, 347 occupants of farms, 324 acres of peas, 246 bushels of barley, 177 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 138 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 119 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 98 barrels of beef, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of corn, 35 acres of barley, 31 bushels of beans, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of corn, 6 bushels of carrots, 5 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 3,028 yards of flannel, 2,847 yards of fulled cloth, $1,300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 612 yards of linen, $255 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $190 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 145 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 90 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $30 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 5 employees in grist mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills reporting daily production, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 34 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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC049006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC141003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461950

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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-qc049006-1851/.