St. Grégoire, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Grégoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,750. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.329°N, 73.147°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Grégoire had a population of 2,750: 1,399 male and 1,351 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. Grégoire, 1861 (94.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Grégoire shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,750 total population, 1,399 males, 1,351 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,279, Female members of the family who are present: 1,245, 950 single males, 890 single females, 427 married males, 423 married females, 375 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, Females present who are not members of the family: 106, 86 males attending school, 78 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 61, 59 male births, 52 female births, 38 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 22 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 205 females aged 5 to 10, 203 males aged 5 to 10, 186 single females aged 10 to 15, 185 single males aged 10 to 15, 156 single males aged 15 to 20, 150 married females aged 20 to 30, 141 single females aged 15 to 20, 130 married males aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 single males aged 20 to 30, 96 married females aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 77 females aged 1 to 2, 67 males under age 1, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 60 females under age 1, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 57 males aged 3 to 4, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 51 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females age 3 to 4, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,583 French Canadians, 108 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 39 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 330,460 tons of hay, 24,155 bushels of oats, 19,851 acres of land in farms, 19,724 bushels of wheat, 18,040 pounds of homemade butter, 11,612 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,340 acres of farmland under crops, 8,239 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,788 bushels of potatoes, 5,578 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,529 acres of wheat, 4,562 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,655 bushels of peas, 3,164 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,342 acres of oats, 2,292 sheep, 1,952 pounds of tobacco, 1,127 bushels of barley, 1,062 bushels of buckwheat, 1,054 milk cows, 910 bushels of corn, 893 swine, 780 bushels of turnips, 767 horses, 700 pounds of maple sugar, 648 barrels of pork, 637 acres of peas, 453 calves and heifers, 401 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 301 occupants of farms, 260 bulls, oxen, or steers, 192 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 108 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 98 acres of barley, 96 acres of buckwheat, 87 acres of potatoes, 67 barrels of beef, 50 bushels of beans, 44 bushels of carrots, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 acres of corn, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,227 yards of linen, 3,467 yards of flannel, 2,800 yards of fulled cloth, 6 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 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 tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories 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), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, 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 3 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Eusèbe Richard | 1817–1876 | born here |
| saint André Bessette | 1845–1937 | born here |
| Edmond Lareau | 1848–1890 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC072007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC072007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Grégoire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gr-goire-qc072007-1851/.