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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462513

St. Jean Port Joli, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Jean Port Joli was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,496. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.169°N, 70.213°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Jean Port Joli had a population of 3,496: 1,710 male and 1,786 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,496
18712,436
18812,622
18912,171
19012,261
19112,213
19212,022

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Jean Port Joli shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 202 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,496 total population, 1,786 females, 1,710 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,589, Male members of the family who are present: 1,531, 1,201 single females, 1,150 single males, 520 married females, 520 married males, 500 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 197, Males present who are not members of the family: 179, 66 female births, 65 male births, 65 widowed females, 48 males attending school, 43 females attending school, 40 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 289 females aged 5 to 10, 250 single males aged 10 to 15, 232 males aged 5 to 10, 209 single females aged 10 to 15, 192 single females aged 15 to 20, 191 single males aged 15 to 20, 149 married females aged 20 to 30, 136 married males aged 30 to 40, 133 single males aged 20 to 30, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 109 married females aged 40 to 50, 108 single females aged 20 to 30, 107 married males aged 40 to 50, 82 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 69 females age 3 to 4, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 68 females under age 1, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 66 males under age 1, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 34 single females aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 70 to 80, 31 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,467 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 65,076 pounds of maple sugar, 40,259 pounds of homemade butter, 32,950 bushels of oats, 32,147 acres of land in farms, 31,807 bushels of potatoes, 16,616 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,531 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,515 bushels of wheat, 10,768 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,618 acres of farmland under crops, 5,142 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,488 bushels of rye, 3,457 tons of hay, 2,893 sheep, 2,520 bushels of barley, 2,195 acres of oats, 1,916 acres of wheat, 1,699 bushels of peas, 1,323 milk cows, 1,138 swine, 943 pounds of wool produced on farms, 720 barrels of pork, 675 horses, 669 acres of rye, 618 calves and heifers, 506 pounds of tobacco, 457 occupants of farms, 375 acres of potatoes, 283 bulls, oxen, or steers, 242 acres of barley, 230 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 229 bushels of turnips, 221 acres of peas, 197 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 186 barrels of beef, 167 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 88 bushels of corn, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 bushels of buckwheat, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,445 yards of linen, 4,950 yards of fulled cloth, 3,425 yards of flannel, $1,850 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $990 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $300 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $63 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 16 employees in saw mills, 9 saw mills, 9 saw mills powered by water, 9 saw mills returning capital, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 saw mills not reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in foundries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  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 week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   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 20 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 40 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 Port Joli, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-port-joli-qc060005-1851/.