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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463183

St. Pierre, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,461. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.850°N, 70.544°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Pierre had a population of 1,461: 723 male and 738 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. Pierre shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,461 total population, 738 females, 723 males, Female members of the family who are present: 678, Male members of the family who are present: 672, 501 single females, 501 single males, 225 families, 215 married females, 211 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, Males present who are not members of the family: 51, 40 male births, 30 female births, 29 males attending school, 22 widowed females, 13 females attending school, 11 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 10, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 114 females aged 5 to 10, 113 males aged 5 to 10, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 males under age 1, 44 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 34 females under age 1, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,457 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 24,079 bushels of oats, 20,051 pounds of homemade butter, 18,602 acres of land in farms, 17,950 pounds of maple sugar, 9,497 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,995 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,522 acres of farmland under crops, 5,201 acres of wheat, 5,041 bushels of potatoes, 4,590 bushels of wheat, 3,894 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,870 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,517 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,897 tons of hay, 1,413 sheep, 1,077 acres of oats, 1,017 milk cows, 563 swine, 550 bushels of peas, 536 bushels of barley, 520 barrels of pork, 475 bushels of rye, 392 horses, 337 calves and heifers, 313 bulls, oxen, or steers, 215 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 204 occupants of farms, 189 acres of potatoes, 115 bushels of turnips, 87 acres of peas, 66 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 barrels of beef, 55 acres of rye, 53 acres of barley, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 pounds of tobacco, 36 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 11 bushels of beans, 7 bushels of carrots, 5 acres of corn, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,845 yards of linen, 2,674 yards of flannel, 2,066 yards of fulled cloth, $600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 employees in grist mills,   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 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,   employees in woollen factories,   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 annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   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,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories 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 saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 9 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

NameLifespanConnection
Jean Blanchet1795–1857born here
Thomas-Ferruce Picard Destroismaisons1796–1866born here
Amable Bélanger1846–1919born here

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. Pierre, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-qc060009-1851/.