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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462044

St. Damase, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Damase was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,783. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462044. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.521°N, 73.021°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Damase had a population of 2,783: 1,406 male and 1,377 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 189 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,783 total population, 1,406 males, 1,377 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,308, Female members of the family who are present: 1,293, 936 single males, 900 single females, 456 families, 448 married females, 448 married males, 241 males attending school, 235 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, 67 female births, 60 male births, 29 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 6 lunatic males, 4 blind females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 212 males aged 5 to 10, 184 single females aged 10 to 15, 181 females aged 5 to 10, 174 single males aged 10 to 15, 160 single females aged 15 to 20, 139 married females aged 20 to 30, 136 single males aged 15 to 20, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 104 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 85 married males aged 50 to 60, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 single females aged 20 to 30, 69 females under age 1, 69 males aged 1 to 2, 67 males under age 1, 56 females age 3 to 4, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 51 males aged 4 to 5, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,770 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 404,190 tons of hay, 39,097 bushels of oats, 30,776 bushels of wheat, 25,505 acres of land in farms, 24,728 pounds of homemade butter, 20,775 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,319 pounds of maple sugar, 13,772 pounds of flax or hemp, 13,652 acres of farmland under crops, 8,218 bushels of peas, 7,911 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,094 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,437 bushels of potatoes, 4,730 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,572 bushels of barley, 4,344 acres of wheat, 4,073 pounds of tobacco, 3,660 sheep, 3,063 acres of oats, 1,734 milk cows, 1,338 bushels of corn, 1,316 swine, 1,245 acres of peas, 1,037 horses, 674 calves and heifers, 673 barrels of pork, 457 acres of barley, 400 occupants of farms, 328 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 313 bushels of buckwheat, 194 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 126 acres of potatoes, 95 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 82 acres of corn, 81 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 77 bushels of carrots, 71 barrels of beef, 45 acres of buckwheat, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3S3 bulls, oxen, or steers. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,804 yards of linen, 3,651 yards of fulled cloth, 3,224 yards of flannel, 7 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, 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 of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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. Damase, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damase-qc078004-1851/.