St. Rémi, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Rémi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,757. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.242°N, 73.615°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Rémi had a population of 3,757: 1,887 male and 1,870 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 contained St. Rémi, 1861 (61.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Rémi shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 196 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,757 total population, 1,887 males, 1,870 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,797, Female members of the family who are present: 1,754, 1,250 single males, 1,206 single females, 627 families, 607 married males, 605 married females, 370 males attending school, 351 females attending school, 130 male births, 125 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 116, Males present who are not members of the family: 90, Male members of the family who are present: 70, 59 widowed females, 30 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 279 females aged 5 to 10, 275 males aged 5 to 10, 221 single males aged 10 to 15, 217 single females aged 10 to 15, 211 single males aged 15 to 20, 182 married females aged 20 to 30, 169 married females aged 30 to 40, 166 single females aged 15 to 20, 154 married males aged 30 to 40, 149 males under age 1, 143 married males aged 40 to 50, 135 females under age 1, 120 married females aged 40 to 50, 102 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 84 males aged 3 to 4, 84 married males aged 50 to 60, 81 males aged 1 to 2, 72 females aged 1 to 2, 67 females aged 4 to 5, 67 males aged 2 to 3, 65 females age 3 to 4, 63 females aged 2 to 3, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 15 to 20, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,493 French Canadians, 189 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 28 persons originating in Scotland, 27 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 389,340 tons of hay, 41,819 bushels of oats, 35,589 pounds of homemade butter, 28,588 bushels of wheat, 27,614 acres of land in farms, 15,749 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,148 bushels of potatoes, 11,865 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,957 acres of farmland under crops, 7,538 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,678 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,512 bushels of peas, 4,136 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,981 pounds of maple sugar, 3,704 pounds of tobacco, 3,246 bushels of buckwheat, 2,864 acres of wheat, 2,750 acres of oats, 2,709 sheep, 2,292 barrels of pork, 1,843 bushels of barley, 1,480 swine, 1,346 horses, 1,342 milk cows, 1,301 bushels of corn, 1,083 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 855 calves and heifers, 687 acres of peas, 480 occupants of farms, 348 bushels of turnips, 331 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 262 bulls, oxen, or steers, 260 acres of buckwheat, 236 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of beans, 200 bushels of carrots, 158 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 143 acres of corn, 134 barrels of beef, 129 acres of barley, 120 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 118 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 117 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,367 yards of linen, 4,260 yards of flannel, 3,484 yards of fulled cloth, 75 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $15 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, 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 daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills returning capital, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist 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). barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. 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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cyrille Boucher | 1834–1865 | born here |
| Narcisse-Amable Troie | 1843–1919 | born here |
| Séverin Lachapelle | 1850–1913 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC057018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912743
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. Rémi, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-r-mi-qc057018-1851/.