St. Jean Deschaillons, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Jean Deschaillons was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3024305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.452°N, 71.976°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Jean Deschaillons had a population of 1,757: 893 male and 864 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,757 |
| 1861 | 2,423 |
| 1881 | 2,771 |
| 1891 | 2,300 |
| 1901 | 1,047 |
| 1911 | 1,069 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 became part of St. Jean Deschaillons, 1861 (91.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Jean Deschaillons shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 189 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,757 total population, 893 males, 864 females, Male members of the family who are present: 853, Female members of the family who are present: 826, 575 single males, 546 single females, 300 married males, 297 married females, 296 families, 73 males attending school, 57 females attending school, 46 female births, 46 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 21 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 18 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 4 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 149 males aged 5 to 10, 122 females aged 5 to 10, 91 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 10 to 15, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 83 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 females under age 1, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 males under age 1, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 males of unknown age, 7 females of unknown age, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 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 1,752 French Canadians, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 157,976 tons of hay, 16,346 bushels of oats, 16,201 acres of land in farms, 13,757 pounds of homemade butter, 10,836 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,863 pounds of maple sugar, 5,847 bushels of potatoes, 5,365 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,909 bushels of wheat, 3,843 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,292 acres of farmland under crops, 2,828 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,954 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,451 acres of oats, 1,322 sheep, 1,219 bushels of peas, 1,125 bushels of buckwheat, 797 acres of wheat, 614 milk cows, 580 pounds of tobacco, 473 swine, 355 calves and heifers, 301 barrels of pork, 263 acres of peas, 259 horses, 249 occupants of farms, 201 acres of buckwheat, 168 bulls, oxen, or steers, 157 bushels of barley, 155 bushels of corn, 122 acres of potatoes, 119 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 104 bushels of rye, 92 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 bushels of turnips, 79 barrels of beef, 39 acres of corn, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 acres of barley, 20 bushels of beans, 18 acres of rye, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,951 yards of linen, $2,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,083 yards of fulled cloth, 1,771 yards of flannel, $1,030 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 75 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 68 employees in saw mills, $35 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 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 not reporting, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, woollen factories not reporting, $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 7 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pamphile Le May | 1837–1918 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC061002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC171011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3024305
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 Deschaillons, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-deschaillons-qc061002-1851/.