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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Joachim, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Joachim was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,068. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.166°N, 70.778°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Joachim had a population of 1,068: 539 male and 529 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,068
18611,296

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Joachim shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,068 total population, 539 males, 529 females, Female members of the family who are present: 470, Male members of the family who are present: 457, 353 single males, 329 single females, 188 families, 176 married females, 173 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 82, Females present who are not members of the family: 59, 33 males attending school, 24 widowed females, 21 female births, 21 male births, 16 females attending school, 13 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 75 males aged 5 to 10, 68 females aged 5 to 10, 61 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 51 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 married females aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males under age 1, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,042 French Canadians, 23 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 152,818 tons of hay, 36,923 pounds of maple sugar, 14,990 bushels of oats, 14,908 pounds of homemade butter, 11,998 acres of land in farms, 7,666 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,332 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,290 bushels of wheat, 4,104 bushels of potatoes, 2,662 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,202 acres of farmland under crops, 2,084 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,835 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,140 acres of oats, 804 sheep, 677 barrels of pork, 583 bushels of peas, 558 bushels of barley, 537 bushels of rye, 527 milk cows, 466 acres of wheat, 419 bulls, oxen, or steers, 318 swine, 299 calves and heifers, 240 horses, 187 pounds of tobacco, 181 bushels of turnips, 158 occupants of farms, 136 barrels of beef, 72 acres of potatoes, 69 acres of rye, 62 acres of peas, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 51 acres of barley, 48 bushels of corn, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 33 bushels of beans, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of corn, 6 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5 bushels of carrots, 3 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,946 yards of linen, 1,137 yards of fulled cloth, 804 yards of flannel, 7 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 80,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 55 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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. Joachim, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joachim-qc064005-1851/.