St. Michel, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Michel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.017°N, 72.921°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Michel had a population of 2,569: 1,294 male and 1,275 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. Michel shared boundaries with:

• St. Aimé
• St. David
• St. François
• St. Pierre, Sorel
• Ste. Victoire

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 2,569 total population, 1,294 males, 1,275 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,227, Female members of the family who are present: 1,195, 903 single males, 858 single females, 385 families, 367 married males, 363 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 111, Females present who are not members of the family: 80, Males present who are not members of the family: 67, 54 widowed females, 46 male births, 41 female births, 36 males attending school, 33 females attending school, 24 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 192 males aged 5 to 10, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 173 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 158 single males aged 10 to 15, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 118 single males aged 20 to 30, 105 married males aged 30 to 40, 104 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males under age 1, 55 females age 3 to 4, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 52 females under age 1, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,543 French Canadians, 22 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 399,785 tons of hay, 31,070 bushels of oats, 23,671 acres of land in farms, 18,003 pounds of homemade butter, 13,142 bushels of wheat, 12,837 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,834 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,028 acres of farmland under crops, 5,639 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,514 bushels of potatoes, 4,305 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,736 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,539 bushels of buckwheat, 2,713 sheep, 2,677 bushels of peas, 2,394 acres of oats, 1,655 acres of wheat, 1,556 bushels of turnips, 1,278 pounds of tobacco, 1,157 milk cows, 1,102 bushels of corn, 1,077 swine, 1,040 pounds of maple sugar, 797 calves and heifers, 764 horses, 512 acres of peas, 510 acres of buckwheat, 464 occupants of farms, 341 bushels of beans, 296 bulls, oxen, or steers, 268 barrels of pork, 266 bushels of barley, 222 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 186 bushels of rye, 169 acres of potatoes, 143 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 137 acres of corn, 122 barrels of beef, 94 bushels of carrots, 73 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 pounds of hops, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 24 acres of barley, 24 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 18 acres of rye, 14 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4,420 yards of linen, 3,735 yards of fulled cloth, $1,600 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,521 yards of flannel, $1,350 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $850 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 350 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 50 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 27 employees in saw mills, 10 employees in grist mills, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills, 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 powered by steam, 1 saw mills powered by steam,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 3 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: QC083002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC060005_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. Michel, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-qc083002-1851/.