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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Patrick, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Patrick was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.057°N, 73.739°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Patrick had a population of 2,279: 1,150 male and 1,129 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,279 total population, 1,150 males, 1,129 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,092, Female members of the family who are present: 1,058, 774 single males, 748 single females, 436 males attending school, 423 females attending school, 373 families, 356 married females, 356 married males, 53 female births, 50 male births, 25 widowed females, 20 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 192 females aged 5 to 10, 179 males aged 5 to 10, 173 single males aged 10 to 15, 139 single females aged 10 to 15, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 102 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 married females aged 30 to 40, 80 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 53 females under age 1, 50 males under age 1, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 42 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,161 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 570 persons originating in Ireland, 441 French Canadians, 65 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 274,325 tons of hay, 82,625 pounds of homemade butter, 40,686 bushels of oats, 35,656 acres of land in farms, 29,747 bushels of potatoes, 23,943 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,721 pounds of maple sugar, 11,713 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,834 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,941 bushels of wheat, 4,541 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,870 acres of farmland under crops, 3,677 bushels of turnips, 2,832 bushels of peas, 2,169 acres of oats, 2,096 bushels of buckwheat, 1,874 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,798 sheep, 1,737 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,285 milk cows, 1,082 swine, 782 barrels of pork, 609 acres of wheat, 543 calves and heifers, 490 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 436 horses, 396 acres of potatoes, 373 acres of peas, 320 bushels of rye, 306 occupants of farms, 234 bulls, oxen, or steers, 229 acres of buckwheat, 203 barrels of beef, 183 bushels of barley, 172 bushels of corn, 167 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 acres of turnips, 40 acres of rye, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 pounds of hops, 18 acres of corn, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 15 pounds of tobacco, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 bushels of carrots, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,299 yards of flannel, 1,950 yards of fulled cloth, 532 yards of linen, 16 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills not reporting, 8 saw mills powered by water, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills not reporting, 5 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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). $60 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 males aged 40 to 50: 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. Patrick, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-patrick-qc059014-1851/.