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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Isidore, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Isidore was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,163. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.579°N, 71.098°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Isidore had a population of 2,163: 1,089 male and 1,074 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,163
18612,563
18712,473

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. Isidore shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,163 total population, 1,089 males, 1,074 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,046, Female members of the family who are present: 1,031, 758 single males, 734 single females, 340 families, 320 married females, 317 married males, 82 females attending school, 78 males attending school, 54 male births, 46 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, Males present who are not members of the family: 43, Male members of the family who are present: 28, Female members of the family who are absent: 21, 20 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 3 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 162 females aged 5 to 10, 142 males aged 5 to 10, 133 single males aged 10 to 15, 124 single females aged 10 to 15, 121 single males aged 15 to 20, 107 married females aged 20 to 30, 105 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 40 to 50, 76 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 56 males under age 1, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 48 females under age 1, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 38 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,132 French Canadians, 26 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 242,490 tons of hay, 36,987 pounds of homemade butter, 36,166 bushels of oats, 23,896 acres of land in farms, 14,922 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,456 bushels of potatoes, 8,974 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,118 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,973 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,550 pounds of maple sugar, 3,880 bushels of wheat, 3,856 acres of farmland under crops, 3,151 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,689 acres of oats, 1,969 bushels of peas, 1,640 sheep, 916 milk cows, 800 swine, 544 acres of wheat, 533 barrels of pork, 524 calves and heifers, 380 bushels of barley, 341 acres of peas, 339 bulls, oxen, or steers, 335 horses, 331 pounds of tobacco, 296 occupants of farms, 224 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 189 acres of potatoes, 181 bushels of rye, 126 bushels of buckwheat, 54 acres of barley, 48 barrels of beef, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 acres of rye, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 acres of buckwheat, 10 bushels of turnips, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,838 yards of linen, 2,951 yards of flannel, 2,134 yards of fulled cloth, $1,100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $900 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 450 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $355 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $192 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 76 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 7 saw mills returning capital, 5 employees in saw mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 carding and fulling mills reporting, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills,   breweries,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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 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 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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. Isidore, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-isidore-qc054007-1851/.