St. Mathias, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Mathias was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.453°N, 73.229°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Mathias had a population of 1,757: 869 male and 888 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Mathias shared boundaries with:

• St. Athanase
• St. Grégoire
• St. Hilaire
• St. Jean Baptiste
• Ste. Marie

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,757 total population, 888 females, 869 males, Female members of the family who are present: 848, Male members of the family who are present: 813, 574 single females, 570 single males, 282 married males, 277 families, 276 married females, 95 females attending school, 79 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, Females present who are not members of the family: 40, 38 widowed females, 30 male births, 29 female births, 17 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 127 females aged 5 to 10, 123 males aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 10 to 15, 105 single males aged 10 to 15, 95 single females aged 15 to 20, 89 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 single males aged 15 to 20, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males under age 1, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 37 females under age 1, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,735 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 320,900 tons of hay, 20,193 bushels of oats, 16,197 acres of land in farms, 15,200 pounds of homemade butter, 14,170 bushels of wheat, 13,224 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,145 bushels of peas, 8,270 pounds of maple sugar, 7,030 acres of farmland under crops, 6,039 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,502 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,355 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,973 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,086 sheep, 2,063 acres of wheat, 1,915 bushels of potatoes, 1,906 pounds of tobacco, 1,771 acres of oats, 1,238 acres of peas, 873 swine, 872 milk cows, 867 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 680 horses, 542 calves and heifers, 467 bushels of barley, 394 barrels of pork, 255 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 227 bushels of corn, 224 occupants of farms, 164 bulls, oxen, or steers, 156 bushels of buckwheat, 155 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 94 bushels of carrots, 56 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 acres of barley, 50 acres of potatoes, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,853 yards of fulled cloth, $1,800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 947 yards of linen, 882 yards of flannel, $800 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 10 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries not 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 saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. $150 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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). (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 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC072003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC085008_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912574

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. Mathias, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathias-qc072003-1851/.