St. Dunstan, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Dunstan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 391. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.980°N, 71.295°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Dunstan had a population of 391: 206 male and 185 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 391 |
| 1861 | 505 |
| 1871 | 354 |
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. Dunstan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 391 total population, 206 males, Male members of the family who are present: 189, 185 females, Female members of the family who are present: 184, 146 single males, 123 single females, 68 families, 55 married females, 54 married males, 20 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 17, 14 males attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 7 male births, 7 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 6 widowed males, 3 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 35 males aged 5 to 10, 29 single females aged 10 to 15, 29 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 26 females aged 5 to 10, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 23 single males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 7 males under age 1, 7 married males aged 30 to 40, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 married males aged 20 to 30, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 3 females under age 1, 3 males aged 2 to 3, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 217 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 134 persons originating in Ireland, 18 French Canadians, 10 persons originating in England or Wales, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 42,950 tons of hay, 8,300 bushels of potatoes, 4,845 acres of land in farms, 3,705 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,504 bushels of oats, 1,140 acres of farmland under cultivation, 722 acres of farmland under crops, 418 acres of farmland in pasture, 255 milk cows, 184 acres of oats, 115 acres of potatoes, 90 bushels of turnips, 61 horses, 61 occupants of farms, 46 pounds of wool produced on farms, 38 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 calves and heifers, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 sheep, 5 bulls, oxen, or steers, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,000 saw mill plants, 2,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $75 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling). 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, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC069006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC144007— 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. Dunstan, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-dunstan-qc069006-1851/.