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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141873

St. Hyacinthe, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Hyacinthe, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,313. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.624°N, 72.972°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Hyacinthe, Parish had a population of 3,313: 1,614 male and 1,699 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Hyacinthe, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,313 total population, 1,699 females, 1,614 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,578, Male members of the family who are present: 1,494, 1,108 single females, 1,061 single males, 570 families, 517 married males, 516 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 121, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, 104 females attending school, 103 males attending school, 94 male births, 80 female births, 75 widowed females, 36 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 232 females aged 5 to 10, 210 single males aged 15 to 20, 203 single females aged 10 to 15, 195 males aged 5 to 10, 178 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 single females aged 15 to 20, 153 married females aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 20 to 30, 125 single females aged 20 to 30, 124 married females aged 30 to 40, 122 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 40 to 50, 98 married females aged 40 to 50, 96 males under age 1, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 males aged 1 to 2, 81 females under age 1, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 70 married females aged 50 to 60, 62 females aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 15 to 20, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 26 single females aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,269 French Canadians, 19 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 546,508 tons of hay, 43,202 bushels of oats, 30,440 acres of land in farms, 26,289 acres of farmland under cultivation, 26,228 pounds of homemade butter, 20,255 bushels of wheat, 14,719 acres of farmland under crops, 12,417 pounds of maple sugar, 11,563 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,568 bushels of peas, 8,171 bushels of potatoes, 7,969 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,394 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,513 pounds of tobacco, 5,495 bushels of buckwheat, 4,570 bushels of corn, 4,151 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,940 sheep, 3,017 acres of wheat, 2,278 acres of oats, 1,869 bushels of barley, 1,594 milk cows, 1,391 swine, 1,162 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,056 horses, 925 calves and heifers, 757 acres of peas, 574 barrels of pork, 421 occupants of farms, 417 acres of potatoes, 413 acres of buckwheat, 372 bulls, oxen, or steers, 346 acres of corn, 253 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 155 acres of barley, 96 bushels of carrots, 68 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 33 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of turnips, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,299 yards of linen, 4,367 yards of fulled cloth, 3,061 yards of flannel, $2,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 1,500 foundries returning capital, 22 employees in foundries, 7 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 tanneries, 3 tanneries not reporting, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting, $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling).   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 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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. Hyacinthe, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-parish-qc078001-1851/.