St. Etienne, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Etienne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.413°N, 72.762°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Etienne had a population of 912: 481 male and 431 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Etienne shared boundaries with:

• Pointe du Lac
• Shawanegan
• St. Barnabé
• Three Rivers, Parish
• Yamachiche

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 912 total population, 481 males, Male members of the family who are present: 476, 431 females, Female members of the family who are present: 416, 323 single males, 270 single females, 153 married males, 150 married females, 148 families, 20 male births, 19 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 11 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, 5 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 78 males aged 5 to 10, 75 females aged 5 to 10, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 39 single females aged 10 to 15, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 35 married females aged 30 to 40, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 30 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 females under age 1, 27 males under age 1, 24 single males aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 882 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,584 acres of land in farms, 5,288 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,000 tons of hay, 1,026 bushels of oats, 674 bushels of potatoes, 330 bushels of peas, 296 acres of farmland under cultivation, 234 bushels of wheat, 198 bushels of rye, 156 acres of farmland in pasture, 140 acres of farmland under crops, 89 bushels of turnips, 81 milk cows, 75 bushels of barley, 70 horses, 53 pounds of homemade butter, 45 bushels of buckwheat, 42 acres of oats, 39 occupants of farms, 38 sheep, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 swine, 22 pounds of wool produced on farms, 19 acres of potatoes, 15 acres of rye, 13 acres of peas, 13 acres of wheat, 13 calves and heifers, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 acres of turnips, 4 acres of barley, 3 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 360 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC073003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC052004_1851 — 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. Etienne, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-etienne-qc073003-1851/.