St. Placide, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Placide was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,230. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912722. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.542°N, 74.196°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Placide had a population of 1,230: 621 male and 609 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. Placide shared boundaries with:

• Mission du Lac
• St. André
• St. Benoit
• St. Hermas

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,230 total population, 621 males, 609 females, Male members of the family who are present: 574, Female members of the family who are present: 565, 414 single males, 390 single females, 201 families, 201 married females, 199 married males, 81 males attending school, 71 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, Females present who are not members of the family: 44, Male members of the family who are present: 38, 29 male births, 25 female births, 18 widowed females, 8 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 6 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 105 males aged 5 to 10, 91 females aged 5 to 10, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 67 married females aged 20 to 30, 64 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 single females aged 15 to 20, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 31 males under age 1, 30 females under age 1, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,209 French Canadians, 16 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 86,985 tons of hay, 16,180 bushels of oats, 9,894 pounds of homemade butter, 9,850 acres of land in farms, 9,321 bushels of wheat, 5,936 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,914 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,401 acres of farmland under crops, 2,651 bushels of potatoes, 2,486 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,107 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,914 pounds of maple sugar, 1,608 pounds of tobacco, 1,543 bushels of peas, 1,250 acres of oats, 964 sheep, 928 acres of wheat, 877 pounds of flax or hemp, 718 bushels of corn, 614 bushels of barley, 575 swine, 571 bushels of buckwheat, 500 milk cows, 399 calves and heifers, 398 horses, 322 acres of peas, 250 barrels of pork, 187 occupants of farms, 156 bushels of rye, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 107 acres of potatoes, 101 bushels of carrots, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 acres of buckwheat, 58 acres of corn, 49 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 acres of barley, 38 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 acres of turnips, 31 bushels of beans, 25 bushels of turnips, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 19 barrels of beef, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 acres of rye, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,078 yards of fulled cloth, 1,070 yards of flannel, 919 yards of linen,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   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,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual 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).   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. (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: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC080002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC052010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912722

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. Placide, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-placide-qc080002-1851/.