St. Gervais, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Gervais was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,133. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.706°N, 70.842°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Gervais had a population of 3,133: 1,571 male and 1,562 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,133 |
| 1861 | 2,717 |
| 1871 | 2,420 |
| 1881 | 2,215 |
| 1891 | 2,072 |
| 1901 | 1,936 |
| 1911 | 2,017 |
| 1921 | 1,736 |
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. Gervais shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 204 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,133 total population, 1,571 males, 1,562 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,442, Female members of the family who are present: 1,436, 1,071 single males, 1,055 single females, 525 families, 460 married males, 449 married females, 145 females attending school, 137 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 129, Females present who are not members of the family: 126, Male members of the family who are present: 115, 83 female births, 75 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 60, 58 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 222 females aged 5 to 10, 220 males aged 5 to 10, 186 single females aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 166 single males aged 15 to 20, 164 single males aged 20 to 30, 127 single females aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 40 to 50, 111 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married females aged 40 to 50, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 50 to 60, 75 females under age 1, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 males under age 1, 62 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 58 males aged 4 to 5, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 53 married males aged 60 to 70, 51 females age 3 to 4, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 45 single females aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,114 French Canadians, 17 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 642,100 tons of hay, 69,255 pounds of homemade butter, 49,579 bushels of oats, 42,552 pounds of maple sugar, 27,247 acres of land in farms, 20,609 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,699 bushels of potatoes, 11,021 acres of farmland under crops, 9,522 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,252 bushels of wheat, 6,638 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,239 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,419 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,161 acres of oats, 2,580 sheep, 1,588 bushels of peas, 1,380 milk cows, 1,150 acres of wheat, 1,132 calves and heifers, 1,082 swine, 933 bushels of rye, 861 pounds of tobacco, 677 bushels of buckwheat, 622 bulls, oxen, or steers, 542 horses, 512 bushels of barley, 501 barrels of pork, 460 bushels of turnips, 301 occupants of farms, 238 acres of potatoes, 199 acres of peas, 162 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 128 barrels of beef, 105 acres of rye, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 66 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 acres of barley, 38 acres of buckwheat, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,000 saw mill plants, 6,314 yards of linen, 3,549 yards of flannel, 3,412 yards of fulled cloth, $2,900 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $570 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $460 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $104 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 11 saw mills, 11 saw mills powered by water, 10 employees in saw mills, 8 employees in grist mills, 6 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 6 saw mills returning capital, 5 saw mills not reporting, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 grist mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ 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 52 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Amyot | 1843–1896 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC049009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042010_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462315
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Gervais, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gervais-qc049009-1851/.