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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462497

St. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Jean Baptiste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,182. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.517°N, 73.118°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jean Baptiste had a population of 2,182: 1,092 male and 1,090 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. Jean Baptiste shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 205 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,182 total population, 1,092 males, 1,090 females, Male members of the family who are present: 975, Female members of the family who are present: 945, 741 single females, 728 single males, 381 families, 337 married males, 319 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 145, 120 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 117, 107 females attending school, 50 male births, 35 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 34, 30 widowed females, 27 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, 7 deaf and dumb males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind females, 2 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 147 single males aged 15 to 20, 145 females aged 5 to 10, 141 single females aged 15 to 20, 136 males aged 5 to 10, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 95 single females aged 20 to 30, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 85 single males aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males under age 1, 51 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 43 females under age 1, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 33 females age 3 to 4, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,180 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 394,860 tons of hay, 29,693 bushels of oats, 26,451 pounds of homemade butter, 25,995 pounds of maple sugar, 23,547 acres of land in farms, 17,638 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,081 bushels of wheat, 11,136 acres of farmland under crops, 10,660 pounds of flax or hemp, 9,779 bushels of peas, 6,679 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,376 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,909 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,145 bushels of potatoes, 3,311 pounds of tobacco, 3,030 sheep, 2,851 acres of wheat, 2,819 bushels of barley, 2,509 acres of oats, 1,416 milk cows, 1,406 acres of peas, 1,037 bushels of corn, 986 swine, 915 horses, 805 bushels of buckwheat, 799 barrels of pork, 726 calves and heifers, 500 gallons of cider, 379 bulls, oxen, or steers, 288 occupants of farms, 272 acres of barley, 250 acres of potatoes, 250 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 223 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 181 bushels of carrots, 136 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 126 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 124 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 83 acres of buckwheat, 79 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 78 barrels of beef, 68 acres of corn, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 bushels of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,720 yards of flannel, 4,698 yards of linen, 3,279 yards of fulled cloth, $15 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills returning capital,   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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  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 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-baptiste-qc072011-1851/.