St. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Flavien, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 568. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912153. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.515°N, 71.575°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Flavien, VL had a population of 568: 297 male and 271 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 568 |
| 1861 | 1,025 |
| 1871 | 1,405 |
| 1881 | 1,603 |
| 1891 | 1,717 |
| 1901 | 1,712 |
| 1911 | 1,841 |
| 1921 | 486 |
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. Flavien, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 568 total population, 297 males, Male members of the family who are present: 288, 271 females, Female members of the family who are present: 258, 197 single males, 167 single females, 102 families, 95 married males, 94 married females, 16 female births, 14 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, 10 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, 5 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 55 males aged 5 to 10, 38 females aged 5 to 10, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 20 single females aged 10 to 15, 20 single males aged 15 to 20, 17 single males aged 20 to 30, 16 females age 3 to 4, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 females under age 1, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males under age 1, 12 single females aged 20 to 30, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 568 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,277 tons of hay, 12,230 acres of land in farms, 11,088 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,316 pounds of maple sugar, 4,092 pounds of homemade butter, 4,054 bushels of oats, 2,983 bushels of potatoes, 1,879 bushels of wheat, 1,142 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,044 pounds of flax or hemp, 694 acres of farmland under crops, 688 pounds of wool produced on farms, 444 bushels of peas, 442 acres of farmland in pasture, 279 acres of wheat, 248 sheep, 224 swine, 209 acres of oats, 196 bushels of rye, 172 milk cows, 120 bushels of barley, 118 bushels of buckwheat, 112 calves and heifers, 99 occupants of farms, 93 acres of peas, 77 bulls, oxen, or steers, 69 horses, 55 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 48 acres of potatoes, 48 barrels of pork, 43 pounds of tobacco, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 acres of rye, 16 acres of barley, 14 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 barrels of beef, 5 bushels of corn, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,334 yards of linen, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 700, 379 yards of fulled cloth, 306 yards of flannel, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 1 saw mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily 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 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 annual production, 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, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories 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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 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 males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand-Edmond Gauvreau | 1806–1875 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC061004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068026— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912153
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. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-flavien-vl-qc061004-1851/.