St. Lin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Lin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,959. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.849°N, 73.768°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Lin had a population of 2,959: 1,486 male and 1,473 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,959 |
| 1861 | 3,000 |
| 1871 | 2,697 |
| 1881 | 2,722 |
| 1891 | 1,541 |
| 1901 | 1,664 |
| 1911 | 1,585 |
| 1921 | 1,415 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Lin, 1861 (91.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Lin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,959 total population, 1,486 males, 1,473 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,393, Female members of the family who are present: 1,351, 982 single males, 966 single females, 517 families, 480 married males, 473 married females, 199 males attending school, 190 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 56, 54 male births, 49 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 39, 34 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 255 males aged 5 to 10, 229 females aged 5 to 10, 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 190 single females aged 10 to 15, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married females aged 20 to 30, 136 married males aged 30 to 40, 113 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 married females aged 40 to 50, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 76 females aged 1 to 2, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 76 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 males aged 2 to 3, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 males under age 1, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 55 females age 3 to 4, 52 females under age 1, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 males of unknown age, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,721 French Canadians, 178 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 37 persons originating in Ireland, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 261,630 tons of hay, 39,164 bushels of oats, 32,777 pounds of homemade butter, 24,492 acres of land in farms, 21,320 pounds of maple sugar, 16,792 bushels of wheat, 14,701 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,791 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,302 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,834 bushels of peas, 6,381 acres of farmland under crops, 5,760 bushels of potatoes, 5,004 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,647 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,578 acres of oats, 2,297 acres of wheat, 2,281 sheep, 1,782 bushels of buckwheat, 1,271 milk cows, 1,151 pounds of tobacco, 1,063 acres of peas, 851 swine, 813 horses, 731 barrels of pork, 547 calves and heifers, 421 occupants of farms, 391 bushels of barley, 300 bulls, oxen, or steers, 278 bushels of corn, 254 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 190 acres of potatoes, 148 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 146 acres of buckwheat, 126 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 100 bushels of carrots, 98 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 97 barrels of beef, 84 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 acres of barley, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 acres of corn, 41 bushels of turnips, 35 bushels of beans, 31 bushels of rye, 18 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of rye, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,621 yards of linen, 2,597 yards of flannel, 2,325 yards of fulled cloth, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $400 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $170 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 13 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 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 tanneries, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 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 47 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 1841–1919 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC059007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912498
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. Lin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lin-qc059007-1851/.