St. Dominique, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Dominique was a census subdivision in St. Hyacinthe County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,996. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.584°N, 72.826°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Dominique had a population of 1,996: 1,033 male and 963 female residents. Population density was 66.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,996 |
| 1861 | 2,393 |
| 1871 | 2,390 |
| 1881 | 2,097 |
| 1891 | 1,897 |
| 1901 | 1,552 |
| 1911 | 1,560 |
| 1921 | 975 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Dominique, 1861 (91.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Dominique shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 330 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 346 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 4 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 942 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 23 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 999 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 14 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 34 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 346 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 49 |
| Number of females | 963 |
| Number of females attending school | 191 |
| Number of lunatic females | 3 |
| Number of lunatic males | 4 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 50 |
| Number of males | 1,033 |
| Number of males attending school | 183 |
| Number of married females | 330 |
| Number of married males | 337 |
| Number of single females | 608 |
| Number of single males | 680 |
| Number of widowed females | 27 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| POP | 1,998 |
| POP FX N.1 | 965 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,033 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,998 |
| Total population | 1,996 |
Age structure (50 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 39 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 59 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 47 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 43 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 144 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 50 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 47 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 50 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 30 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 184 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 53 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 19 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 119 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 86 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 56 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 40 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 96 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 102 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 68 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 38 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 20 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 7 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 107 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 76 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 35 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 122 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 102 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 53 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 11 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 3 |
Ethnic origin (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,993 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 3 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 2 |
Agriculture (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 20 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 51 |
| Acres of corn | 127 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 37 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,108 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 15,717 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,687 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 3,832 |
| Acres of land in farms | 19,549 |
| Acres of oats | 565 |
| Acres of peas | 1,665 |
| Acres of potatoes | 52 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 735 |
| BAR AC | 20 |
| BAR BU | 224 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 54 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 336 |
| BEEF BAR | 54 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 136 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 479 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,443 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,234 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,209 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,745 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 4,543 |
| BWT AC | 51 |
| BWT BU | 479 |
| CRN AC | 127 |
| CRN BU | 1,443 |
| HAY TONS | 129,345 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 105 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 292 |
| Number of horses | 418 |
| Number of milk cows | 506 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 297 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 23 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 44 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 215 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 8 |
| Number of sheep | 870 |
| Number of swine | 567 |
| OAT AC | 565 |
| OAT BU | 7,234 |
| PEA AC | 1,665 |
| PEA BU | 1,209 |
| PORK BAR | 336 |
| POT AC | 52 |
| POT BU | 2,745 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 3,991 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,452 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 17,376 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 1,235 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,792 |
| TOB LBS | 1,235 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 129,345 |
| WHT AC | 735 |
| WHT BU | 4,543 |
| WOOL LBS | 1,792 |
Manufacturing & industry (47 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production | |
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 1,310 |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in foundries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 7 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting weekly production | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 500 |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 1,407 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 2,235 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 2,460 |
Deaths & mortality (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 11 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 8 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 7 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 6 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 18 |
Other recorded variables (127 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 6,452 |
| BEN BU | 136 |
| BOV | 105 |
| C H | 292 |
| C LBS | 40 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,033 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 963 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,996 |
| C04 GM NO YEAR | 1 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 999 |
| C05 GM BARRELS YEAR | 1,310 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 942 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 34 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 23 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 14 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 4 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 3 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 4 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 50 |
| C126 MD MALE | 337 |
| C127 S MALE | 680 |
| C128 WID MALE | 16 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,033 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 49 |
| C130 MD FEM | 330 |
| C131 S FEM | 608 |
| C132 WID FEM | 27 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 965 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,998 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 7 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 11 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 18 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 53 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 183 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 191 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 4 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 50 |
| C150 LUNATICS F | 3 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 6 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 8 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 47 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 59 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 26 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 47 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 1 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 50 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 39 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 DEATHS UNDER 4 F | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 500 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 7 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 30 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 43 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 184 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 144 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 122 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 107 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 5 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 102 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 19 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 76 |
| C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 96 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 53 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 119 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 35 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 102 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 11 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 2 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 86 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 68 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 1 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 56 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 2 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 5 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 38 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 3 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 40 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 3 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 10 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 20 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 5 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 6 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 3 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 2 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 7 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 3 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 4 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 5 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| CAR BU | 5 |
| CD NAME | St. Hyacinthe |
| CROP | 2,687 |
| CULT | 3,832 |
| FC YRDS | 2,235 |
| FLAN YRDS | 1,407 |
| FLX LBS | 3,991 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,993 |
| GARDEN | 37 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| HELD | 19,549 |
| HORSE | 418 |
| LIN YRDS | 2,460 |
| LINE NO | 1,387 |
| M COWS | 506 |
| MPLS LBS | 17,376 |
| NOT FRN | 3 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 3 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 23 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 44 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 215 |
| O OVR 200 | 4 |
| O UNDR 10 | 8 |
| PASTURE | 1,108 |
| SCOT | 2 |
| SHEEP | 870 |
| SWINE | 567 |
| TOT O | 297 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 40 |
| WOOD | 15,717 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC078009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Dominique, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-dominique-qc078009-1851/.