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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141371

St. Gabriel, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Gabriel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,933. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141371. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.312°N, 73.422°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Gabriel had a population of 1,933: 958 male and 975 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Gabriel shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,933 total population, 975 females, 958 males, Female members of the family who are present: 953, Male members of the family who are present: 949, 659 single females, 637 single males, 310 families, 307 married males, 299 married females, 56 female births, 42 male births, 42 males attending school, 40 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 35, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 17 widowed females, 14 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 154 males aged 5 to 10, 147 females aged 5 to 10, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 single females aged 15 to 20, 110 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 20 to 30, 91 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 females under age 1, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 50 males under age 1, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 4 to 5, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,704 French Canadians, 195 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 67,170 tons of hay, 19,820 acres of land in farms, 19,654 pounds of maple sugar, 19,491 bushels of oats, 15,269 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,953 bushels of potatoes, 4,731 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,551 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,336 pounds of homemade butter, 3,293 acres of farmland under crops, 3,169 bushels of buckwheat, 2,326 bushels of peas, 1,781 bushels of wheat, 1,600 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,271 acres of oats, 1,258 acres of farmland in pasture, 864 sheep, 838 bushels of barley, 753 bushels of rye, 547 swine, 436 milk cows, 409 acres of peas, 293 horses, 264 bulls, oxen, or steers, 238 acres of wheat, 228 pounds of tobacco, 227 occupants of farms, 226 acres of potatoes, 222 acres of buckwheat, 202 calves and heifers, 157 barrels of pork, 95 acres of rye, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 67 acres of barley, 29 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 bushels of corn, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 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 2,780 yards of linen, 983 yards of flannel, 800 yards of fulled cloth, $700 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 16 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, $2 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   distilleries reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (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 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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. Gabriel, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-qc050012-1851/.