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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462734

St. Lazare, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Lazare was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,698. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.660°N, 70.714°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Lazare had a population of 1,698: 888 male and 810 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,698
18612,083

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. Lazare shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,698 total population, 888 males, 810 females, Male members of the family who are present: 809, Female members of the family who are present: 729, 585 single males, 498 single females, 309 families, 291 married males, 290 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, 46 males attending school, 44 females attending school, 43 female births, 41 male births, 22 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 14, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 155 males aged 5 to 10, 130 females aged 5 to 10, 101 single males aged 10 to 15, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 85 single females aged 10 to 15, 82 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 females under age 1, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 males under age 1, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 26 females age 3 to 4, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,698 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 113,845 tons of hay, 22,870 pounds of maple sugar, 14,312 bushels of oats, 13,519 acres of land in farms, 13,375 pounds of homemade butter, 6,792 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,727 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,854 bushels of potatoes, 4,680 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,322 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,047 acres of farmland under crops, 1,670 bushels of wheat, 1,627 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,194 acres of oats, 1,027 sheep, 1,009 bushels of buckwheat, 923 bushels of peas, 477 milk cows, 420 swine, 355 bushels of rye, 340 calves and heifers, 339 bushels of barley, 295 acres of wheat, 203 bulls, oxen, or steers, 194 horses, 181 acres of peas, 161 occupants of farms, 149 barrels of pork, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 pounds of tobacco, 92 acres of potatoes, 68 acres of buckwheat, 44 acres of rye, 42 acres of barley, 30 bushels of turnips, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 barrels of beef, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,500 saw mill plants, 2,268 yards of linen, 1,091 yards of flannel, 1,016 yards of fulled cloth, $175 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $10 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in carding and fulling mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories 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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  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 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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. Lazare, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lazare-qc049010-1851/.