St. Paul, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,217. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912662. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.971°N, 73.433°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Paul had a population of 2,217: 1,114 male and 1,103 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. Paul shared boundaries with:

• Lavaltrie
• L’Assomption
• St. Charles Borromée
• St. Jacques
• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,217 total population, 1,114 males, 1,103 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,013, Female members of the family who are present: 964, 746 single males, 716 single females, 346 married males, 345 married females, 337 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 139, Males present who are not members of the family: 101, 81 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 67, 63 females attending school, 54 male births, 42 widowed females, 32 female births, 22 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 162 males aged 5 to 10, 152 females aged 5 to 10, 151 single males aged 15 to 20, 148 single females aged 10 to 15, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 119 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 married females aged 20 to 30, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 83 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 males under age 1, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 38 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 34 females under age 1, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,205 French Canadians, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 280,749 tons of hay, 46,229 bushels of oats, 22,782 acres of land in farms, 20,543 pounds of maple sugar, 15,886 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,981 pounds of homemade butter, 11,571 bushels of wheat, 8,034 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,852 acres of farmland under crops, 6,896 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,560 bushels of peas, 5,512 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,843 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,970 acres of oats, 3,417 pounds of tobacco, 3,025 bushels of rye, 2,486 bushels of potatoes, 2,423 sheep, 1,808 acres of wheat, 1,279 acres of peas, 1,135 bushels of corn, 1,048 milk cows, 776 swine, 669 horses, 571 bushels of buckwheat, 529 acres of rye, 522 bushels of barley, 510 calves and heifers, 503 barrels of pork, 251 bulls, oxen, or steers, 229 occupants of farms, 120 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 acres of buckwheat, 70 acres of potatoes, 64 acres of corn, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 acres of barley, 33 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 9,825 yards of flannel, 5,530 yards of linen, 3,320 yards of fulled cloth,   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,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw 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 mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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).   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 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, 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 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC050007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC158013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912662

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. Paul, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-qc050007-1851/.