St. Maurice, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Maurice was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,648. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912588. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.478°N, 72.609°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Maurice had a population of 1,648: 890 male and 758 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).

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 Mont Carmel, 1861 (51.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Maurice shared boundaries with:

• Cap de la Madeleine, T-V
• La Visitation, Champlain
• St. Stanislas & St. Narcisse

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,648 total population, 890 males, Male members of the family who are present: 807, 758 females, Female members of the family who are present: 722, 586 single males, 514 single females, 298 married males, 236 married females, 235 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 83, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, 32 female births, 26 females attending school, 24 male births, 19 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 15, 8 widowed females, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 119 married females aged 20 to 30, 110 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 96 single females aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 59 married females aged 30 to 40, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 52 single females aged 15 to 20, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 1 to 2, 45 females under age 1, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males under age 1, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 females age 3 to 4, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,483 French Canadians, 148 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 81,854 tons of hay, 24,318 pounds of maple sugar, 21,301 acres of land in farms, 17,233 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,203 bushels of oats, 7,834 bushels of potatoes, 7,771 pounds of homemade butter, 4,068 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,218 bushels of wheat, 2,647 acres of farmland under crops, 2,192 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,010 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,692 bushels of buckwheat, 1,611 bushels of peas, 1,412 acres of farmland in pasture, 995 acres of oats, 842 sheep, 578 bushels of turnips, 410 pounds of tobacco, 404 milk cows, 377 swine, 290 acres of peas, 270 calves and heifers, 241 bushels of rye, 235 acres of wheat, 214 acres of buckwheat, 190 horses, 185 barrels of pork, 180 bushels of barley, 159 occupants of farms, 151 bushels of corn, 109 acres of potatoes, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 bulls, oxen, or steers, 47 bushels of carrots, 39 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 acres of rye, 28 barrels of beef, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of beans, 11 acres of barley, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 25,000, 10,000 saw mill plants, $2,850 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,680 yards of linen, 1,793 yards of flannel, 1,372 yards of fulled cloth, $350 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 24 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 not reporting,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 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 Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC053005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912588

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. Maurice, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-maurice-qc053005-1851/.