St. François, Quebec (1851 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 521. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.000°N, 70.836°W.

Population

In 1851, St. François had a population of 521: 266 male and 255 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. François shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean
• Ste. Famille

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 521 total population, 266 males, 255 females, Male members of the family who are present: 234, Female members of the family who are present: 220, 179 single males, 166 single females, 87 families, 79 married females, 77 married males, 36 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 35, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 27 females attending school, 10 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6 female births, 6 male births, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 40 males aged 5 to 10, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 single males aged 15 to 20, 31 single males aged 10 to 15, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 females aged 5 to 10, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 30 to 40, 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 17 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 20 to 30, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 7 married males aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 females under age 1, 5 males under age 1, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 519 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 105,271 tons of hay, 10,582 pounds of homemade butter, 10,418 bushels of oats, 9,662 bushels of potatoes, 7,197 acres of land in farms, 5,356 pounds of maple sugar, 4,804 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,472 bushels of rye, 2,622 bushels of peas, 2,616 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,393 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,381 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,353 acres of farmland under crops, 1,574 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,454 acres of oats, 1,422 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 734 sheep, 648 bushels of wheat, 423 bushels of barley, 418 milk cows, 405 acres of rye, 403 bushels of turnips, 361 bulls, oxen, or steers, 340 swine, 269 acres of peas, 260 barrels of pork, 184 pounds of tobacco, 155 calves and heifers, 133 horses, 92 acres of potatoes, 87 acres of wheat, 72 occupants of farms, 70 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 54 barrels of beef, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of barley, 34 bushels of carrots, 15 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of corn, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,812 yards of linen, $1,200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 914 yards of fulled cloth, 545 yards of flannel, $350 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 tanneries reporting, 5 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 employees in distilleries, 1 tanneries returning capital,   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,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 1,500 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC064009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075007_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462178
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. François, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc064009-1851/.