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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q142451

St. Paschal, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Paschal was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,977. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.527°N, 69.785°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Paschal had a population of 2,977: 1,497 male and 1,480 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,977
18612,883
18712,658

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. Paschal shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 189 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,977 total population, 1,497 males, 1,480 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,401, Female members of the family who are present: 1,343, 1,022 single males, 1,017 single females, 464 families, 435 married males, 421 married females, 200 males attending school, 190 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 137, Male members of the family who are present: 97, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, 56 female births, 54 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 50, 42 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 235 females aged 5 to 10, 235 males aged 5 to 10, 223 single males aged 10 to 15, 186 single males aged 15 to 20, 171 single females aged 15 to 20, 167 single females aged 10 to 15, 126 married males aged 30 to 40, 123 married females aged 20 to 30, 122 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 single females aged 20 to 30, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 females age 3 to 4, 61 females aged 1 to 2, 59 females under age 1, 56 males under age 1, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 51 males aged 4 to 5, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,912 French Canadians, 60 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 38 Indigenous persons, 5 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 368,682 tons of hay, 52,714 pounds of homemade butter, 26,363 acres of land in farms, 23,420 pounds of maple sugar, 20,912 bushels of potatoes, 13,960 bushels of oats, 13,192 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,171 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,450 bushels of wheat, 7,612 acres of farmland under crops, 6,970 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,538 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,538 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,353 sheep, 3,212 bushels of peas, 2,933 bushels of rye, 2,236 bushels of barley, 2,181 acres of wheat, 1,079 milk cows, 1,046 acres of oats, 911 swine, 710 calves and heifers, 644 horses, 620 pounds of tobacco, 555 barrels of pork, 497 acres of barley, 457 acres of peas, 426 acres of rye, 329 acres of potatoes, 310 occupants of farms, 209 bulls, oxen, or steers, 144 bushels of turnips, 142 barrels of beef, 140 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bushels of carrots, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 59 bushels of corn, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 bushels of buckwheat, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 19 bushels of beans, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of buckwheat, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,647 yards of linen, 6,066 yards of flannel, 5,147 yards of fulled cloth, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,637 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $800 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $325 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 11 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by steam,   tanneries,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 75 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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. Paschal, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paschal-qc058008-1851/.