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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112912257

St. Giles, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Giles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,060. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.496°N, 71.369°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Giles had a population of 1,060: 549 male and 511 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,060 total population, 549 males, 511 females, Male members of the family who are present: 495, Female members of the family who are present: 488, 359 single males, 318 single females, 180 married females, 178 married males, 169 families, 63 males attending school, 61 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, 33 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 23, 21 female births, 13 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 4, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 85 males aged 5 to 10, 77 females aged 5 to 10, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 60 single females aged 15 to 20, 59 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 52 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 47 married females aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 41 single males aged 20 to 30, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 males under age 1, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females under age 1, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 males of unknown age, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 715 French Canadians, 212 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 104 persons originating in Ireland, 21 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 105,370 tons of hay, 19,107 acres of land in farms, 15,896 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,052 pounds of homemade butter, 10,579 bushels of potatoes, 7,159 bushels of oats, 4,395 pounds of maple sugar, 3,211 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,071 acres of farmland under crops, 1,750 bushels of wheat, 1,133 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,065 pounds of wool produced on farms, 745 pounds of flax or hemp, 679 acres of oats, 604 bushels of peas, 541 bushels of rye, 521 sheep, 354 swine, 299 milk cows, 266 acres of wheat, 213 calves and heifers, 168 barrels of pork, 161 bushels of barley, 151 horses, 150 occupants of farms, 135 acres of potatoes, 124 bulls, oxen, or steers, 112 acres of peas, 86 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 acres of rye, 60 bushels of turnips, 39 bushels of buckwheat, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 barrels of beef, 23 acres of barley, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 50,000 saw mill plants, $5,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 645 yards of linen, 643 yards of fulled cloth, 555 yards of flannel, $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 23 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist 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 not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 saw 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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, 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 aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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. Giles, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-giles-qc061003-1851/.