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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Janvier, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Janvier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,544. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.712°N, 73.927°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Janvier had a population of 1,544: 800 male and 744 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,544
18611,569
18711,300
18811,150
18911,055
19011,016
19111,030
19211,025

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. Janvier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,544 total population, 800 males, Male members of the family who are present: 767, 744 females, Female members of the family who are present: 716, 516 single males, 466 single females, 275 families, 264 married females, 264 married males, 105 females attending school, 105 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 64, 44 male births, 36 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 20 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 14 widowed females, 4 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 114 males aged 5 to 10, 110 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single females aged 10 to 15, 87 single males aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 71 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 55 married females aged 30 to 40, 51 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married females aged 40 to 50, 43 males under age 1, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females under age 1, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,528 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 132,115 tons of hay, 21,360 bushels of oats, 13,334 acres of land in farms, 11,815 pounds of maple sugar, 10,655 pounds of homemade butter, 8,424 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,876 bushels of wheat, 4,910 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,627 acres of farmland under crops, 4,279 bushels of potatoes, 3,779 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,162 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,796 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,136 bushels of peas, 1,993 bushels of buckwheat, 1,690 acres of oats, 1,199 sheep, 1,196 pounds of tobacco, 1,154 acres of wheat, 771 milk cows, 655 bushels of barley, 464 swine, 435 horses, 359 acres of peas, 290 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 287 barrels of pork, 227 acres of buckwheat, 224 calves and heifers, 218 occupants of farms, 206 bushels of carrots, 128 acres of potatoes, 120 bushels of corn, 107 bulls, oxen, or steers, 89 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 57 acres of barley, 41 barrels of beef, 41 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of rye, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 18 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 acres of corn, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,243 yards of linen, 1,552 yards of fulled cloth, 1,499 yards of flannel, $440 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $400 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 310 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $12 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 employees in saw mills, 6 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills not reporting, 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 tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 annual production,   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).   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.) 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 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 4 to 5: 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. Janvier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-janvier-qc079003-1851/.