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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112912360

St. Jean Chrysostôme, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Jean Chrysostôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,618. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912360. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.129°N, 73.731°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jean Chrysostôme had a population of 1,618: 834 male and 784 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 Chrysostôme shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 194 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,618 total population, 834 males, Male members of the family who are present: 789, 784 females, Female members of the family who are present: 746, 581 single males, 526 single females, 253 families, 248 married females, 243 married males, 189 females attending school, 172 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 36 female births, 35 male births, 10 widowed females, 10 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 6 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 116 males aged 5 to 10, 114 females aged 5 to 10, 105 single females aged 10 to 15, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 93 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 61 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 single males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 38 females under age 1, 36 males under age 1, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 28 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 630 French Canadians, 566 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 218 persons originating in Ireland, 116 persons originating in Scotland, 49 persons originating in England or Wales, 38 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 31,080 pounds of homemade butter, 13,126 acres of land in farms, 11,172 bushels of oats, 8,183 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,943 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,802 bushels of wheat, 4,063 bushels of potatoes, 3,817 acres of farmland under crops, 2,169 bushels of peas, 2,050 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,305 pounds of maple sugar, 1,216 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,144 sheep, 809 milk cows, 714 bushels of corn, 669 acres of oats, 662 acres of wheat, 495 calves and heifers, 481 swine, 435 horses, 395 bushels of buckwheat, 371 pounds of wool produced on farms, 306 tons of hay, 217 occupants of farms, 203 acres of peas, 174 bushels of barley, 113 pounds of tobacco, 107 barrels of pork, 106 acres of potatoes, 85 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 80 bushels of carrots, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 74 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 65 bulls, oxen, or steers, 61 acres of corn, 44 bushels of rye, 41 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 acres of buckwheat, 22 bushels of beans, 19 barrels of beef, 14 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 acres of barley, 3 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 829 yards of fulled cloth, 697 yards of flannel, 150 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 46 yards of linen, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 Chrysostôme, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-chrysost-me-qc048014-1851/.