St. François, Quebec (1851 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,385. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462181. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.068°N, 72.813°W.
Population
In 1851, St. François had a population of 4,385: 2,220 male and 2,165 female residents.
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. François, 1861 (49.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Pierreville, VL, 1861 (49.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. François shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 209 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,385 total population, 2,220 males, 2,165 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,084, Female members of the family who are present: 2,012, 1,493 single males, 1,385 single females, 765 families, 700 married males, 698 married females, 350 females attending school, 327 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 153, Males present who are not members of the family: 136, 111 male births, 100 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 93, 82 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 27, 27 widowed males, 9 lunatic females, 7 lunatic males, 5 deaf and dumb females, 5 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 337 males aged 5 to 10, 309 females aged 5 to 10, 250 single males aged 15 to 20, 247 single males aged 10 to 15, 237 single females aged 10 to 15, 228 single females aged 15 to 20, 209 married females aged 20 to 30, 185 married females aged 30 to 40, 181 single males aged 20 to 30, 169 married males aged 20 to 30, 155 married males aged 40 to 50, 152 married males aged 30 to 40, 137 married females aged 40 to 50, 134 single females aged 20 to 30, 128 males under age 1, 124 married males aged 50 to 60, 107 females under age 1, 87 married females aged 50 to 60, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 79 females aged 2 to 3, 78 females age 3 to 4, 75 males aged 2 to 3, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 71 males aged 4 to 5, 70 females aged 4 to 5, 63 married males aged 60 to 70, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 47 married females aged 60 to 70, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 females of unknown age, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,073 French Canadians, 272 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 127 male negroes or coloured persons, 109 female negroes or coloured persons, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 7 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 574,004 tons of hay, 45,503 bushels of oats, 36,467 acres of land in farms, 21,611 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,993 pounds of homemade butter, 20,386 pounds of flax or hemp, 18,452 bushels of wheat, 14,856 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,454 pounds of maple sugar, 13,502 bushels of potatoes, 10,128 acres of farmland under crops, 7,792 bushels of buckwheat, 7,008 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,554 pounds of tobacco, 4,689 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,260 sheep, 3,922 bushels of peas, 3,034 acres of oats, 2,825 bushels of corn, 2,391 acres of wheat, 2,353 bushels of rye, 1,606 milk cows, 1,603 swine, 1,159 calves and heifers, 967 horses, 885 acres of buckwheat, 684 barrels of pork, 678 bushels of barley, 621 bulls, oxen, or steers, 527 acres of peas, 468 acres of corn, 363 bushels of beans, 355 bushels of turnips, 315 acres of potatoes, 301 occupants of farms, 276 barrels of beef, 220 acres of rye, 82 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 79 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 acres of barley, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 bushels of carrots, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 pounds of hops, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 9,469 yards of linen, 6,109 yards of fulled cloth, 4,749 yards of flannel, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, 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 value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, 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 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 53 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ignace Gill | 1808–1865 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC083003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC083003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462181
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
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-qc083003-1851/.