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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2419721

St. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Louis de Gonzague was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,845. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2419721. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.199°N, 74.009°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Louis de Gonzague had a population of 3,845: 2,038 male and 1,807 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. Louis de Gonzague shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 202 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,845 total population, 2,038 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,964, 1,807 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,728, 1,369 single males, 1,146 single females, 666 families, 629 married males, 627 married females, 136 males attending school, 120 female births, 119 male births, 108 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, Males present who are not members of the family: 74, 40 widowed males, 34 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 29, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 230 single males aged 10 to 15, 227 males aged 5 to 10, 220 females aged 5 to 10, 200 single females aged 10 to 15, 189 married males aged 20 to 30, 188 married females aged 20 to 30, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 169 married females aged 30 to 40, 157 married males aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 130 males under age 1, 130 single males aged 20 to 30, 129 males aged 1 to 2, 128 males aged 2 to 3, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 121 females under age 1, 113 females aged 1 to 2, 107 married females aged 40 to 50, 103 married males aged 50 to 60, 102 single females aged 20 to 30, 101 females aged 2 to 3, 87 married females aged 50 to 60, 82 males aged 3 to 4, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 62 females age 3 to 4, 28 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 80 to 90, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,881 French Canadians, 511 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 363 persons originating in Scotland, 57 persons originating in Ireland, 33 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 59,198 pounds of homemade butter, 28,126 acres of land in farms, 20,936 bushels of wheat, 18,141 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,431 bushels of oats, 12,186 bushels of potatoes, 11,053 bushels of peas, 9,985 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,273 acres of farmland under crops, 3,705 pounds of maple sugar, 3,663 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,037 acres of wheat, 1,503 sheep, 1,442 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,367 acres of oats, 1,356 bushels of turnips, 1,280 tons of hay, 1,274 milk cows, 1,216 swine, 1,199 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 992 horses, 984 pounds of tobacco, 932 acres of peas, 821 bushels of buckwheat, 622 barrels of pork, 580 bushels of barley, 578 calves and heifers, 515 occupants of farms, 330 bushels of corn, 256 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 210 acres of potatoes, 165 bulls, oxen, or steers, 137 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 125 barrels of beef, 116 pounds of flax or hemp, 81 acres of buckwheat, 69 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 52 bushels of beans, 51 acres of barley, 49 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 bushels of carrots, 38 acres of corn, 31 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,994 yards of fulled cloth, 1,183 yards of flannel, 4 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   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 mill plants,   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,   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 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,   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 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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.)

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. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-de-gonzague-qc048013-1851/.