St. Paulin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Paulin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 767. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912675. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.402°N, 73.035°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Paulin had a population of 767: 394 male and 373 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 767 |
| 1861 | 1,065 |
| 1871 | 1,080 |
| 1881 | 1,285 |
| 1891 | 1,453 |
| 1901 | 1,244 |
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. Paulin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 767 total population, 394 males, 373 females, Male members of the family who are present: 366, Female members of the family who are present: 336, 274 single males, 258 single females, 113 married males, 108 married females, 87 females attending school, 74 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 28, 20 female births, 19 male births, 15 families, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 58 males aged 5 to 10, 57 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 females aged 5 to 10, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 44 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 females under age 1, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 single males aged 20 to 30, 25 males under age 1, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 19 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 750 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 29,905 tons of hay, 17,071 pounds of maple sugar, 7,134 acres of land in farms, 5,569 bushels of oats, 5,310 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,436 pounds of homemade butter, 1,970 bushels of wheat, 1,920 bushels of potatoes, 1,824 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,495 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,049 acres of farmland under crops, 1,005 pounds of wool produced on farms, 761 acres of farmland in pasture, 703 bushels of peas, 583 acres of oats, 459 bushels of buckwheat, 399 sheep, 274 acres of wheat, 212 swine, 193 milk cows, 147 pounds of tobacco, 143 horses, 113 barrels of pork, 106 occupants of farms, 102 calves and heifers, 101 acres of peas, 87 bushels of barley, 68 acres of buckwheat, 54 bulls, oxen, or steers, 50 acres of potatoes, 49 bushels of rye, 46 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 33 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 barrels of beef, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of barley, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of rye, 2 bushels of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,216 yards of linen, 743 yards of fulled cloth, 533 yards of flannel, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily 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 Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC073009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC168010_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912675
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. Paulin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paulin-qc073009-1851/.