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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463573

St. Edouard, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Edouard was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,644. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463573. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.247°N, 73.516°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Edouard had a population of 3,644: 1,860 male and 1,784 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. Edouard shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,644 total population, 1,860 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,796, 1,784 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,709, 1,244 single males, 1,166 single females, 620 families, 588 married males, 581 married females, 147 males attending school, 116 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 75, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, 37 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 32, 32 male births, 28 female births, 28 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 8. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 268 females aged 5 to 10, 268 males aged 5 to 10, 221 single males aged 10 to 15, 203 single males aged 15 to 20, 194 married females aged 20 to 30, 187 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 single females aged 15 to 20, 175 married males aged 20 to 30, 142 married males aged 30 to 40, 139 married females aged 30 to 40, 117 males aged 1 to 2, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 98 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 86 females aged 1 to 2, 81 married males aged 50 to 60, 78 males aged 2 to 3, 76 females age 3 to 4, 76 males of unknown age, 74 females aged 4 to 5, 73 females aged 2 to 3, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 61 males aged 4 to 5, 61 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 females of unknown age, 40 married females aged 60 to 70, 37 males under age 1, 32 females under age 1, 32 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,529 French Canadians, 83 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 265,360 tons of hay, 34,990 bushels of oats, 17,868 acres of land in farms, 14,786 bushels of wheat, 13,075 pounds of homemade butter, 11,210 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,658 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,601 acres of farmland under crops, 5,707 bushels of potatoes, 5,559 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,349 bushels of peas, 4,760 pounds of tobacco, 4,589 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,435 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,332 pounds of maple sugar, 2,709 bushels of buckwheat, 2,453 acres of oats, 2,296 sheep, 2,175 acres of wheat, 1,342 bushels of barley, 1,140 bushels of corn, 1,048 barrels of pork, 1,047 horses, 1,008 swine, 946 milk cows, 728 acres of peas, 528 calves and heifers, 366 occupants of farms, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 282 acres of buckwheat, 161 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 136 acres of barley, 116 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of carrots, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 106 bushels of turnips, 97 acres of corn, 83 bulls, oxen, or steers, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 41 bushels of beans, 41 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 barrels of beef, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,246 yards of fulled cloth, 1,399 yards of linen, 1,304 yards of flannel, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  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 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 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 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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. Edouard, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-edouard-qc057010-1851/.