St. Nicolas, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Nicolas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,719. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.642°N, 71.334°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Nicolas had a population of 2,719: 1,346 male and 1,373 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 St. Nicolas, 1861 (40.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

• St. Antoine
• St. Bernard
• St. Giles
• St. Lambert

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 216 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,719 total population, 1,373 females, 1,346 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,292, Male members of the family who are present: 1,265, 921 single females, 914 single males, 424 families, 389 married males, 388 married females, 164 females attending school, 161 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, Males present who are not members of the family: 81, 66 female births, 64 widowed females, 60 male births, 43 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 207 females aged 5 to 10, 189 males aged 5 to 10, 180 single females aged 10 to 15, 174 single males aged 10 to 15, 166 single females aged 15 to 20, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 109 married females aged 20 to 30, 106 married males aged 40 to 50, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 single females aged 20 to 30, 81 married females aged 40 to 50, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 females under age 1, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 62 males under age 1, 58 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females age 3 to 4, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 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 2,621 French Canadians, 57 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 30 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 326,560 tons of hay, 38,613 bushels of oats, 34,543 acres of land in farms, 29,235 pounds of homemade butter, 23,587 bushels of potatoes, 21,312 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,231 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,697 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,885 bushels of wheat, 5,699 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,517 acres of farmland under crops, 3,740 bushels of rye, 3,675 pounds of maple sugar, 3,220 bushels of peas, 2,943 acres of oats, 2,599 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,481 sheep, 1,133 acres of wheat, 997 swine, 896 milk cows, 867 calves and heifers, 637 acres of peas, 632 barrels of pork, 530 bulls, oxen, or steers, 507 acres of rye, 492 horses, 278 acres of potatoes, 269 occupants of farms, 116 bushels of buckwheat, 113 barrels of beef, 113 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 93 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 81 bushels of barley, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 bushels of turnips, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 acres of barley, 8 acres of buckwheat, 6 bushels of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,369 yards of fulled cloth, 2,727 yards of flannel, 1,853 yards of linen, 50 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 13 saw mills, 13 saw mills powered by water, 7 employees in saw mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   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 not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (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 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 70 to 80: 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: QC054004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169011_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463051

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. Nicolas, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-nicolas-qc054004-1851/.