St. Pie, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Pie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,056. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.516°N, 72.895°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Pie had a population of 4,056: 2,040 male and 2,016 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
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Pie, 1861 (90.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Pie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 209 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,056 total population, 2,040 males, 2,016 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,916, Female members of the family who are present: 1,867, 1,346 single males, 1,295 single females, 710 families, 666 married males, 662 married females, 262 males attending school, 210 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, Males present who are not members of the family: 124, 91 female births, 90 male births, 59 widowed females, 28 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 6 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 322 females aged 5 to 10, 322 males aged 5 to 10, 256 single males aged 10 to 15, 232 single females aged 15 to 20, 225 single females aged 10 to 15, 196 single males aged 15 to 20, 195 married females aged 20 to 30, 179 married females aged 30 to 40, 176 married males aged 30 to 40, 163 married males aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 40 to 50, 130 married females aged 40 to 50, 119 single males aged 20 to 30, 114 married males aged 50 to 60, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 100 females under age 1, 97 males aged 2 to 3, 88 married females aged 50 to 60, 87 males aged 3 to 4, 86 females aged 1 to 2, 84 males under age 1, 81 males aged 1 to 2, 76 females aged 2 to 3, 72 males aged 4 to 5, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 54 females age 3 to 4, 45 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 married females aged 15 to 20, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 males of unknown age, 10 females of unknown age, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,980 French Canadians, 34 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 18 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 479,124 tons of hay, 27,891 bushels of oats, 26,851 acres of land in farms, 23,987 bushels of wheat, 22,315 pounds of maple sugar, 17,269 pounds of homemade butter, 15,681 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,375 acres of farmland under crops, 11,170 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,947 bushels of potatoes, 6,837 bushels of peas, 6,553 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,842 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,239 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,631 acres of wheat, 3,316 sheep, 3,182 pounds of tobacco, 2,452 bushels of corn, 2,177 bushels of buckwheat, 2,112 acres of oats, 1,848 bushels of barley, 1,445 swine, 1,209 milk cows, 1,191 acres of peas, 927 horses, 900 barrels of pork, 863 bulls, oxen, or steers, 735 calves and heifers, 528 occupants of farms, 405 bushels of turnips, 387 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 244 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 239 acres of potatoes, 206 acres of buckwheat, 198 acres of corn, 181 acres of barley, 139 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 105 bushels of beans, 104 bushels of carrots, 93 barrels of beef, 92 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 68 bushels of rye, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 acres of rye, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,701 yards of fulled cloth, 3,715 yards of linen, 2,813 yards of flannel, $125 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in tanneries, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 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 foundries, employees in saw mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, 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 not reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from saw 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. 270 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $42 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 30 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 60 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne | 1844–1910 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC078008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC078008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912693
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. Pie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pie-qc078008-1851/.