St. Laurent, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Montréal County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,623. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 73.699°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Laurent had a population of 2,623: 1,317 male and 1,306 female residents. Population density was 86.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,623 |
| 1861 | 2,906 |
| 1871 | 2,911 |
| 1881 | 3,084 |
| 1891 | 1,993 |
| 1901 | 2,341 |
| 1911 | 2,228 |
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. Laurent shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 340 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 417 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 2 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 1,266 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 40 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 1,271 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 9 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 46 |
| Number of blind males | 3 |
| Number of families | 417 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 40 |
| Number of females | 1,306 |
| Number of females attending school | 126 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 64 |
| Number of males | 1,317 |
| Number of males attending school | 180 |
| Number of married females | 367 |
| Number of married males | 364 |
| Number of single females | 884 |
| Number of single males | 916 |
| Number of widowed females | 55 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| POP | 2,623 |
| POP FX N.1 | 1,306 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,317 |
| POP XX N.1 | 2,623 |
| Total population | 2,623 |
Age structure (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 36 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 51 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 54 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 46 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 181 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 39 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 40 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 45 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 37 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 35 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 198 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 62 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 12 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 104 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 96 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 83 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 48 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of married females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 76 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 89 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 96 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 64 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 23 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 12 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 149 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 173 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 112 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 24 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 11 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 161 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 165 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 118 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 22 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 16 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 8 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 80 to 90 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 6 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 15 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 13 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females over 100 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 7 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 8 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 9 |
| Number of widowed males aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 2,292 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 164 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 22 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 2 |
| Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 63 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 73 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 6 |
Agriculture (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 537 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 311 |
| Acres of corn | 162 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 316 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4,674 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,465 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 13,691 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 18,681 |
| Acres of land in farms | 22,146 |
| Acres of oats | 3,325 |
| Acres of peas | 967 |
| Acres of potatoes | 688 |
| Acres of turnips | 12 |
| Acres of wheat | 2,318 |
| BAR AC | 537 |
| BAR BU | 8,797 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 28 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 318 |
| BEEF BAR | 28 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 8,797 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 920 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,682 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 3,905 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 151 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2,628 |
| Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year | 6,572 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 44,431 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 7,303 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 57,054 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 57 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 18,781 |
| BWT AC | 311 |
| BWT BU | 3,682 |
| CRN AC | 162 |
| CRN BU | 2,628 |
| HAY TONS | 669,060 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 150 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 632 |
| Number of horses | 1,141 |
| Number of milk cows | 1,472 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 265 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 67 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 24 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 119 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 13 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 35 |
| Number of sheep | 1,412 |
| Number of swine | 1,016 |
| OAT AC | 3,325 |
| OAT BU | 44,431 |
| PEA AC | 967 |
| PEA BU | 7,303 |
| PORK BAR | 318 |
| POT AC | 688 |
| POT BU | 57,054 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 3,096 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 197 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 58,650 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 270 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 1,372 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 4,970 |
| TOB LBS | 1,372 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 669,060 |
| WHT AC | 2,318 |
| WHT BU | 18,781 |
| WOOL LBS | 4,970 |
Manufacturing & industry (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of distilleries not reporting | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in distilleries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Number of woollen factories reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 914 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 992 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 18 |
Deaths & mortality (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 6 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 4 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 2 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 10 |
Other recorded variables (135 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 58,650 |
| BEN BU | 920 |
| BOV | 150 |
| C H | 632 |
| C LBS | 3,096 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,317 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 1,306 |
| C03 TOTAL | 2,623 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 1,271 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 1,266 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 46 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 40 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 9 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 2 |
| C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD | 2 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 2 |
| C107 BTWN 90 AND 100 M S | 1 |
| C108 BTWN 90 AND 100 M WID | 1 |
| C119 OVR 100 F WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 64 |
| C126 MD MALE | 364 |
| C127 S MALE | 916 |
| C128 WID MALE | 37 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,317 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 40 |
| C130 MD FEM | 367 |
| C131 S FEM | 884 |
| C132 WID FEM | 55 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 1,306 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 2,623 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 4 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 6 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 10 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 62 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 180 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 126 |
| C147 BLIND M | 3 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 39 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 40 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 51 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 45 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 54 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 37 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 36 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 35 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 46 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 198 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 181 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 161 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 149 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 165 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 12 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 173 |
| C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C49 BTWN 15 AND 20 F DEATHS | 2 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 76 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 118 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 104 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 112 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 2 |
| C57 BTWN 20 AND 30 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 89 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 22 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 2 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 96 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 24 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 7 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 96 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 16 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 7 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 83 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 11 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 6 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 64 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 8 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 8 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 48 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 4 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 15 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 23 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 4 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 6 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 17 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 4 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 10 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 12 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 4 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 9 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 5 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 13 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 4 |
| C99 BTWN 80 AND 90 M S | 4 |
| CAR BU | 3,905 |
| CD NAME | Montréal |
| CROP | 13,691 |
| CULT | 18,681 |
| DE NL | 1 |
| ENG WLS | 22 |
| FC YRDS | 992 |
| FLAN YRDS | 914 |
| FLX LBS | 197 |
| FR | 2 |
| FREN ORIG | 2,292 |
| GARDEN | 316 |
| GRA BU | 151 |
| HELD | 22,146 |
| HORSE | 1,141 |
| IRE | 63 |
| LIN YRDS | 18 |
| LINE NO | 1,234 |
| M COWS | 1,472 |
| MPLS LBS | 270 |
| MW BU | 6,572 |
| NOT FRN | 164 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 7 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 67 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 24 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 119 |
| O OVR 200 | 13 |
| O UNDR 10 | 35 |
| PASTURE | 4,674 |
| SCOT | 73 |
| SHEEP | 1,412 |
| SWINE | 1,016 |
| TOT O | 265 |
| TUR AC | 12 |
| TUR BU | 57 |
| US | 6 |
| WOOD | 3,465 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Laurent, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-qc065005-1851/.