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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.340°N, 74.089°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Joseph had a population of 2,338: 1,156 male and 1,182 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. Joseph shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,338 total population, 1,182 females, 1,156 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,145, Male members of the family who are present: 1,123, 792 single females, 761 single males, 374 families, 374 married males, 351 married females, 132 females attending school, 130 males attending school, 93 female births, 87 male births, 39 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, Male members of the family who are present: 31, Female members of the family who are absent: 25, 21 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 152 females aged 5 to 10, 144 single females aged 10 to 15, 143 males aged 5 to 10, 132 single males aged 10 to 15, 128 single males aged 15 to 20, 127 single females aged 15 to 20, 114 females under age 1, 108 married females aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 married males aged 20 to 30, 94 males under age 1, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 single females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females age 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 80 to 90, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,280 French Canadians, 42 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 10 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 159,760 tons of hay, 28,830 bushels of oats, 19,824 pounds of homemade butter, 16,600 acres of land in farms, 14,293 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,171 bushels of wheat, 10,072 bushels of peas, 8,329 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,426 pounds of maple sugar, 5,841 acres of farmland under crops, 4,803 bushels of potatoes, 4,356 pounds of tobacco, 3,901 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,376 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,307 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,054 acres of oats, 1,756 bushels of buckwheat, 1,710 sheep, 1,686 acres of wheat, 1,616 bushels of barley, 999 acres of peas, 861 swine, 750 milk cows, 633 horses, 525 barrels of pork, 373 bushels of corn, 366 calves and heifers, 362 bulls, oxen, or steers, 227 occupants of farms, 190 acres of buckwheat, 187 bushels of carrots, 123 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 115 acres of barley, 112 bushels of rye, 112 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 84 acres of potatoes, 80 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 bushels of beans, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 46 bushels of turnips, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 barrels of beef, 21 acres of corn, 18 acres of rye, 13 pounds of hops, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,356 yards of fulled cloth, 1,890 yards of flannel, 55 yards of linen,   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,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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 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.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  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 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: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3. (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. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc081008-1851/.