St. Jacques, Quebec (1851 census)

Name: St. Jacques (1851)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Jacques was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,759. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912312. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.957°N, 73.547°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jacques had a population of 4,759: 2,367 male and 2,392 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. Jacques, 1861 (75.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Convent of Ste. Anne, 1861 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 213 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,759 total population, 2,392 females, 2,367 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,216, Female members of the family who are present: 2,208, 1,598 single males, 1,588 single females, 764 families, 711 married females, 711 married males, 321 males attending school, 281 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 183, 96 female births, 96 male births, 93 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 90, 58 widowed males, 10 lunatic females, 9 lunatic males, 8 deaf and dumb males, 3 blind males, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 349 males aged 5 to 10, 315 females aged 5 to 10, 296 single males aged 10 to 15, 277 single females aged 10 to 15, 273 single females aged 15 to 20, 273 single males aged 15 to 20, 223 single females aged 20 to 30, 200 married females aged 20 to 30, 191 married males aged 30 to 40, 189 single males aged 20 to 30, 183 married females aged 30 to 40, 151 married males aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 40 to 50, 140 married females aged 40 to 50, 113 married males aged 50 to 60, 105 married females aged 50 to 60, 98 males under age 1, 97 females under age 1, 90 females age 3 to 4, 88 males aged 1 to 2, 84 females aged 1 to 2, 79 males aged 3 to 4, 77 males aged 2 to 3, 73 males aged 4 to 5, 68 females aged 2 to 3, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 62 married males aged 60 to 70, 54 single females aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 60 to 70, 36 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,708 French Canadians, 29 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 510,265 tons of hay, 77,340 bushels of oats, 56,475 pounds of maple sugar, 45,234 pounds of homemade butter, 37,542 acres of land in farms, 23,231 acres of farmland under cultivation, 21,076 bushels of wheat, 14,651 acres of farmland under crops, 14,311 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,841 bushels of potatoes, 9,683 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,954 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,517 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,819 pounds of tobacco, 5,380 acres of oats, 4,834 bushels of buckwheat, 4,665 bushels of peas, 4,247 sheep, 3,214 bushels of corn, 2,921 acres of wheat, 1,774 milk cows, 1,641 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,563 swine, 1,480 bushels of rye, 1,301 horses, 1,257 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,231 bushels of barley, 1,107 barrels of pork, 848 calves and heifers, 807 acres of peas, 655 acres of buckwheat, 557 occupants of farms, 448 acres of potatoes, 277 acres of corn, 258 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 253 acres of rye, 196 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 123 barrels of beef, 101 acres of barley, 94 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 93 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 67 bushels of carrots, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 bushels of turnips, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 22 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,107 yards of linen, 6,197 yards of flannel, 5,217 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 breweries returning capital, $830 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $650 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $165 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 100 gallons of beer produced in breweries, 100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $70 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in tanneries, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual 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. 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 101 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 58, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 43, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 22, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 17, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 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
F. (Francis) Cassidy	1827–1873	born here
Jean-Louis Légaré	1841–1918	born here
Zacharie Lacasse	1845–1921	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC059009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC059009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q112912312

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. Jacques, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-qc059009-1851/.