St. Féréol, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Féréol was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 667. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462149. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.137°N, 70.864°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Féréol had a population of 667: 356 male and 311 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 667 |
| 1861 | 882 |
| 1871 | 991 |
| 1881 | 1,061 |
| 1891 | 1,041 |
| 1901 | 1,052 |
| 1911 | 1,136 |
| 1921 | 1,348 |
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. Féréol shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 667 total population, 356 males, Male members of the family who are present: 345, 311 females, Female members of the family who are present: 294, 221 single males, 171 single females, 133 families, 127 married females, 124 married males, 20 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, 13 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 11 female births, 11 widowed males, 5 males attending school, 3 females attending school, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 53 males aged 5 to 10, 41 married females aged 20 to 30, 37 single females aged 10 to 15, 35 females aged 5 to 10, 34 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 males under age 1, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 single females aged 15 to 20, 12 females age 3 to 4, 10 females under age 1, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 666 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 28,378 pounds of maple sugar, 26,130 tons of hay, 9,226 acres of land in farms, 7,196 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,443 bushels of oats, 3,315 pounds of homemade butter, 2,041 bushels of potatoes, 2,030 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,427 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,227 bushels of wheat, 1,070 acres of farmland in pasture, 956 acres of farmland under crops, 914 pounds of wool produced on farms, 803 bushels of rye, 453 sheep, 427 acres of oats, 414 bushels of barley, 233 milk cows, 212 acres of wheat, 173 swine, 116 occupants of farms, 108 acres of rye, 99 bulls, oxen, or steers, 97 calves and heifers, 95 barrels of pork, 93 horses, 91 bushels of peas, 46 acres of potatoes, 45 acres of barley, 45 bushels of buckwheat, 36 bushels of turnips, 31 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of peas, 14 barrels of beef, 13 pounds of tobacco, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,119 yards of linen, 641 yards of fulled cloth, 255 yards of flannel, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual 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 distilleries, employees in saw mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, 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 returning capital, tanneries, 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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 450 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 16 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC064006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075006_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462149
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ferr%C3%A9ol-les-Neiges
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ferr%C3%A9ol-les-Neiges
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. Féréol, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-r-ol-qc064006-1851/.