St. Hilaire, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Hilaire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912275. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.558°N, 73.173°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Hilaire had a population of 1,520: 752 male and 768 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,520 |
| 1861 | 1,589 |
| 1871 | 1,208 |
| 1881 | 1,383 |
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. Hilaire shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 207 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,520 total population, 768 females, 752 males, Female members of the family who are present: 702, Male members of the family who are present: 665, 494 single females, 487 single males, 266 families, 252 married males, 246 married females, 101 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 87, 86 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 66, 41 male births, 40 female births, 28 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 20, 13 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 108 females aged 5 to 10, 105 males aged 5 to 10, 89 married females aged 20 to 30, 84 single males aged 10 to 15, 75 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 males under age 1, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 43 females under age 1, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 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 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,414 French Canadians, 39 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 27 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 10 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 182,872 tons of hay, 18,336 pounds of homemade butter, 15,870 pounds of maple sugar, 12,832 bushels of oats, 12,409 acres of land in farms, 9,169 bushels of peas, 8,145 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,304 bushels of wheat, 4,572 acres of farmland under crops, 4,264 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,004 bushels of potatoes, 3,075 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,024 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,242 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,134 pounds of tobacco, 1,216 gallons of cider, 1,052 sheep, 1,049 acres of oats, 1,011 acres of wheat, 839 acres of peas, 601 bushels of buckwheat, 595 milk cows, 556 swine, 549 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 525 bushels of barley, 450 horses, 446 bushels of corn, 439 calves and heifers, 418 bushels of turnips, 369 barrels of pork, 263 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 225 occupants of farms, 114 bulls, oxen, or steers, 95 acres of buckwheat, 91 barrels of beef, 87 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 83 bushels of beans, 74 acres of potatoes, 62 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 45 bushels of rye, 42 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 acres of corn, 38 acres of barley, 32 pounds of hops, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of carrots, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,610 yards of linen, 1,393 yards of flannel, 1,186 yards of fulled cloth, 400 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 250 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 5 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, 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, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ 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. 730 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 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| T. E. Campbell | 1809–1872 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC072010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC063012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912275
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. Hilaire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilaire-qc072010-1851/.