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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Clément, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Clément was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,212. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.283°N, 73.888°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Clément had a population of 3,212: 1,550 male and 1,662 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. Clément shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 210 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,212 total population, 1,662 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,571, 1,550 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,452, 1,151 single females, 1,038 single males, 522 families, 492 married males, 481 married females, 157 females attending school, 142 males attending school, 120 female births, 101 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, Females present who are not members of the family: 91, 30 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 21, 20 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 247 females aged 5 to 10, 236 males aged 5 to 10, 209 single females aged 10 to 15, 186 single males aged 10 to 15, 183 married females aged 20 to 30, 161 married males aged 30 to 40, 157 single females aged 15 to 20, 144 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 females under age 1, 131 married males aged 20 to 30, 124 married females aged 30 to 40, 104 males under age 1, 94 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 78 females aged 1 to 2, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 females age 3 to 4, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 females aged 2 to 3, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 67 males aged 3 to 4, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,029 French Canadians, 92 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 53 persons originating in Scotland, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 36,778 bushels of oats, 30,446 pounds of homemade butter, 27,351 bushels of peas, 27,078 bushels of wheat, 24,516 acres of land in farms, 17,612 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,074 acres of farmland under crops, 8,646 bushels of potatoes, 6,904 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,904 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,412 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,566 pounds of tobacco, 3,857 acres of wheat, 2,801 acres of peas, 2,581 acres of oats, 2,226 sheep, 1,870 pounds of maple sugar, 1,602 tons of hay, 1,487 swine, 1,324 bushels of buckwheat, 1,265 bushels of turnips, 1,103 horses, 1,074 milk cows, 951 barrels of pork, 833 calves and heifers, 780 pounds of flax or hemp, 750 bushels of barley, 630 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 439 occupants of farms, 375 bushels of carrots, 283 bushels of corn, 237 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 198 acres of buckwheat, 189 bulls, oxen, or steers, 178 acres of potatoes, 148 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 126 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 108 barrels of beef, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 97 bushels of beans, 76 bushels of rye, 73 acres of barley, 63 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 38 acres of corn, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 acres of rye, 11 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,593 yards of fulled cloth, 3,299 yards of flannel, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $350 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 161 yards of linen, $150 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital,   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 tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   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 mill plants,   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,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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. Clément, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cl-ment-qc048011-1851/.