St. Léon, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Léon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,294. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.344°N, 72.970°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Léon had a population of 2,294: 1,114 male and 1,180 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,294 |
| 1861 | 2,218 |
| 1871 | 1,801 |
| 1881 | 1,787 |
| 1891 | 1,875 |
| 1901 | 1,653 |
| 1911 | 1,593 |
| 1921 | 1,411 |
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. Léon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,294 total population, 1,180 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,134, 1,114 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,085, 844 single females, 784 single males, 305 married males, 303 families, 301 married females, 139 males attending school, 49 male births, 47 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, Male members of the family who are present: 41, 40 female births, 35 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 25 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 203 females aged 5 to 10, 193 males aged 5 to 10, 179 single females aged 10 to 15, 147 single males aged 10 to 15, 136 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males under age 1, 50 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 females under age 1, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 males of unknown age, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,286 French Canadians, 8 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 223,785 tons of hay, 53,857 bushels of oats, 22,160 acres of land in farms, 20,719 pounds of maple sugar, 18,163 pounds of homemade butter, 12,392 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,446 pounds of flax or hemp, 10,914 bushels of wheat, 9,768 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,154 acres of farmland under crops, 6,305 bushels of peas, 5,206 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,101 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,709 acres of oats, 3,625 bushels of potatoes, 3,249 bushels of buckwheat, 2,312 sheep, 1,536 pounds of tobacco, 1,191 acres of wheat, 935 milk cows, 909 acres of buckwheat, 894 acres of peas, 811 bushels of barley, 787 swine, 586 calves and heifers, 581 horses, 409 bushels of turnips, 306 bushels of rye, 302 bushels of corn, 296 occupants of farms, 160 barrels of pork, 152 bulls, oxen, or steers, 137 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 96 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 acres of barley, 77 acres of potatoes, 71 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 46 acres of rye, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 barrels of beef, 23 acres of corn, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 5 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,888 yards of linen, 4,000 saw mill plants, 3,954 yards of flannel, 2,797 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, 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 mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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), $ 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 day by grist mills reporting daily production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC073008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069011_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462823
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand,_Mauricie
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand_(Maskinong%C3%A9)
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. Léon, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-l-on-qc073008-1851/.