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 2,869. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462503. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.695°N, 71.202°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Jean Chrysostôme had a population of 2,869: 1,450 male and 1,419 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. Jean Chrysostôme, 1861 (87.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Romuald d’Etchemin, 1861 (12.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Jean Chrysostôme shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 214 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,869 total population, 1,450 males, 1,419 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,363, Female members of the family who are present: 1,301, 966 single males, 907 single females, 499 families, 454 married males, 450 married females, 233 males attending school, 198 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 118, Male members of the family who are present: 100, Males present who are not members of the family: 87, 62 widowed females, 59 female births, 46 male births, 30 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 25, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 205 males aged 5 to 10, 198 females aged 5 to 10, 181 single males aged 10 to 15, 178 single males aged 15 to 20, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 162 single females aged 15 to 20, 149 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 127 married males aged 40 to 50, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 118 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 females under age 1, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 males under age 1, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,534 French Canadians, 206 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 114 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 245,040 tons of hay, 85,446 bushels of potatoes, 26,862 bushels of oats, 26,273 acres of land in farms, 21,440 pounds of homemade butter, 18,282 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,991 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,947 acres of farmland under crops, 4,396 pounds of maple sugar, 3,187 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,922 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,918 bushels of wheat, 2,760 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,954 acres of oats, 1,293 sheep, 815 bushels of peas, 649 milk cows, 628 swine, 497 barrels of pork, 403 acres of wheat, 331 occupants of farms, 325 bulls, oxen, or steers, 296 calves and heifers, 288 horses, 251 bushels of turnips, 176 acres of potatoes, 167 acres of peas, 148 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 122 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 101 bushels of barley, 67 bushels of buckwheat, 64 bushels of rye, 63 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 51 barrels of beef, 41 pounds of tobacco, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of carrots, 19 acres of buckwheat, 17 acres of rye, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of barley, 10 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 101,000 saw mill plants, $5,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,984 yards of linen, 2,123 yards of fulled cloth, 2,105 yards of flannel, 50 employees in saw mills, 11 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, 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 mills, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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 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 53 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Breakey | 1846–1911 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462503
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-qc054003-1851/.