St. Félix, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Félix was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,680. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.226°N, 73.513°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Félix had a population of 2,680: 1,319 male and 1,361 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,680 |
| 1861 | 2,086 |
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. Jean de Matha, 1861 (62.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Félix, 1861 (37.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Félix shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 197 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,680 total population, 1,361 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,339, 1,319 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,291, 898 single females, 851 single males, 454 families, 452 married males, 434 married females, 113 females attending school, 106 males attending school, 81 male births, 72 female births, 29 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 28, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 3 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 200 females aged 5 to 10, 189 males aged 5 to 10, 164 single females aged 10 to 15, 162 married females aged 20 to 30, 149 single males aged 10 to 15, 145 married males aged 20 to 30, 128 married males aged 30 to 40, 111 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married females aged 30 to 40, 92 females under age 1, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 80 males under age 1, 76 females aged 1 to 2, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 males aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 50 females of unknown age, 50 males of unknown age, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females age 3 to 4, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,600 French Canadians, 63 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 2 Indigenous males, 1 Indigenous females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 153,843 tons of hay, 71,103 pounds of maple sugar, 40,479 bushels of oats, 23,451 acres of land in farms, 14,419 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,997 pounds of homemade butter, 9,032 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,063 bushels of potatoes, 6,762 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,262 acres of farmland under crops, 3,729 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,695 bushels of peas, 3,643 bushels of rye, 3,116 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,980 bushels of buckwheat, 2,912 bushels of wheat, 2,268 acres of oats, 2,212 pounds of tobacco, 1,753 sheep, 811 swine, 720 milk cows, 602 acres of peas, 536 horses, 505 bushels of corn, 454 acres of wheat, 446 calves and heifers, 416 barrels of pork, 394 bushels of barley, 390 occupants of farms, 363 acres of buckwheat, 353 acres of rye, 187 acres of potatoes, 178 bulls, oxen, or steers, 147 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 acres of corn, 45 acres of barley, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,352 yards of linen, 2,456 yards of fulled cloth, 2,371 yards of flannel, 1,300 saw mill plants, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 225 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 150 foundries returning capital, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $75 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 50 employees in saw mills, 25 saw mills not reporting, 9 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 5, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills returning capital, $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries reporting, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, foundries not reporting, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (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 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C. (Cléophas) Beausoleil | 1845–1904 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC050011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC025010— 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. Félix, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-lix-qc050011-1851/.