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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 887. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.889°N, 71.068°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Pierre had a population of 887: 437 male and 450 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851887
18611,022
18711,109

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. Pierre shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 887 total population, 450 females, 437 males, Female members of the family who are present: 400, Male members of the family who are present: 383, 300 single males, 297 single females, 145 families, 128 married females, 128 married males, 68 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 50 females attending school, 25 widowed females, 21 male births, 12 female births, 9 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 62 males aged 5 to 10, 57 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 females aged 5 to 10, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 single males aged 10 to 15, 41 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 married females aged 20 to 30, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 18 males under age 1, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 females under age 1, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 885 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 179,312 tons of hay, 18,070 bushels of oats, 11,690 pounds of homemade butter, 9,493 acres of land in farms, 8,591 bushels of potatoes, 6,600 pounds of maple sugar, 5,783 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,710 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,952 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,897 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,807 acres of farmland under crops, 2,340 bushels of wheat, 2,272 acres of oats, 2,020 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,743 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,054 bushels of turnips, 857 sheep, 663 bushels of peas, 462 milk cows, 305 bulls, oxen, or steers, 285 acres of wheat, 269 bushels of rye, 265 swine, 236 calves and heifers, 223 barrels of pork, 188 bushels of barley, 165 horses, 116 occupants of farms, 102 acres of potatoes, 83 acres of peas, 82 pounds of tobacco, 79 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 76 barrels of beef, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 acres of rye, 21 bushels of corn, 18 acres of barley, 17 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of corn, 4 bushels of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,239 yards of linen, 1,618 yards of fulled cloth, 733 yards of flannel, $650 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $210 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 52 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 7 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in distilleries,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   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). 38,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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. Pierre, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-qc064007-1851/.