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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112912399

St. Jérôme, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 5,631. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.823°N, 74.105°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jérôme had a population of 5,631: 2,846 male and 2,785 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 232 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 5,631 total population, 2,846 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,792, 2,785 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,692, 1,879 single males, 1,766 single females, 985 families, 937 married females, 929 married males, 257 males attending school, 255 females attending school, 133 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 96, Females present who are not members of the family: 93, 81 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, 51 female births, 38 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 13 lunatic females, 9 deaf and dumb females, 7 lunatic males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 480 males aged 5 to 10, 446 females aged 5 to 10, 350 single males aged 10 to 15, 349 single females aged 10 to 15, 306 single males aged 15 to 20, 304 married females aged 20 to 30, 270 married males aged 20 to 30, 256 single females aged 15 to 20, 243 married females aged 30 to 40, 233 married males aged 30 to 40, 199 married males aged 40 to 50, 185 married females aged 40 to 50, 138 single males aged 20 to 30, 132 females under age 1, 130 males aged 2 to 3, 128 married males aged 50 to 60, 126 males under age 1, 122 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 females aged 2 to 3, 110 females aged 1 to 2, 110 males aged 4 to 5, 101 males aged 1 to 2, 101 males aged 3 to 4, 98 females aged 4 to 5, 97 females age 3 to 4, 90 married females aged 50 to 60, 68 married males aged 60 to 70, 59 married females aged 15 to 20, 46 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 females of unknown age, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,797 French Canadians, 442 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 346 persons originating in Ireland, 20 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 234,131 tons of hay, 64,682 bushels of oats, 58,146 acres of land in farms, 44,914 bushels of potatoes, 41,648 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 39,076 pounds of homemade butter, 18,388 pounds of maple sugar, 16,798 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,267 bushels of wheat, 9,160 acres of farmland under crops, 7,609 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,123 bushels of buckwheat, 5,169 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,931 bushels of barley, 4,636 bushels of peas, 4,050 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,399 acres of oats, 2,409 sheep, 2,015 pounds of tobacco, 1,810 swine, 1,773 bushels of turnips, 1,657 bushels of rye, 1,618 milk cows, 1,271 acres of wheat, 1,027 horses, 783 occupants of farms, 763 calves and heifers, 746 bushels of corn, 708 barrels of pork, 633 acres of potatoes, 588 acres of peas, 513 acres of buckwheat, 393 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 372 bulls, oxen, or steers, 336 acres of barley, 250 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 150 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 138 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 123 acres of rye, 86 acres of corn, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 bushels of carrots, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 34 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 acres of turnips, 23 bushels of beans, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 barrels of beef. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,540 yards of linen, $2,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,481 yards of fulled cloth, 1,943 yards of flannel, $600 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $50 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   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 value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 230,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual 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. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 77 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 43, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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. Jérôme, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc079004-1851/.