St. Dominique, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Dominique was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,996. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462095. 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.
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 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,996 total population, 1,033 males, Male members of the family who are present: 999, 963 females, Female members of the family who are present: 942, 680 single males, 608 single females, 346 families, 337 married males, 330 married females, 191 females attending school, 183 males attending school, 50 male births, 49 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 34, 27 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 23, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 184 males aged 5 to 10, 144 females aged 5 to 10, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 119 married females aged 20 to 30, 107 single females aged 10 to 15, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 102 single males aged 15 to 20, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 males under age 1, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 50 females under age 1, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 females age 3 to 4, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,993 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 129,345 tons of hay, 19,549 acres of land in farms, 17,376 pounds of maple sugar, 15,717 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,234 bushels of oats, 6,452 pounds of homemade butter, 4,543 bushels of wheat, 3,991 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,832 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,745 bushels of potatoes, 2,687 acres of farmland under crops, 1,792 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,665 acres of peas, 1,443 bushels of corn, 1,235 pounds of tobacco, 1,209 bushels of peas, 1,108 acres of farmland in pasture, 870 sheep, 735 acres of wheat, 567 swine, 565 acres of oats, 506 milk cows, 479 bushels of buckwheat, 418 horses, 336 barrels of pork, 297 occupants of farms, 292 calves and heifers, 224 bushels of barley, 215 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 136 bushels of beans, 127 acres of corn, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 barrels of beef, 52 acres of potatoes, 51 acres of buckwheat, 44 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 bushels of turnips, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 37 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 bushels of carrots, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,460 yards of linen, 2,235 yards of fulled cloth, 1,407 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 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 foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 1,310 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 18 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: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, 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 males aged 15 to 20: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Côté | 1836–1915 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC078009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC078009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462095
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Dominique
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Dominique
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/.