St. Raphaël, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Raphaël was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 836. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912733. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.757°N, 70.746°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Raphaël had a population of 836: 414 male and 422 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 836 |
| 1861 | 2,631 |
| 1871 | 2,805 |
| 1881 | 2,644 |
| 1891 | 2,406 |
| 1901 | 2,066 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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. Raphaël, 1861 (35.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Raphaël shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 836 total population, 422 females, 414 males, Female members of the family who are present: 402, Male members of the family who are present: 388, 274 single females, 266 single males, 155 families, 136 married males, 133 married females, 27 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 21 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 females aged 5 to 10, 56 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 males aged 5 to 10, 47 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 single females aged 15 to 20, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 single males aged 20 to 30, 25 males under age 1, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males 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 821 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,458 tons of hay, 22,315 pounds of maple sugar, 12,534 acres of land in farms, 12,223 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,888 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,767 bushels of oats, 4,915 pounds of homemade butter, 3,987 bushels of potatoes, 3,646 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,398 acres of farmland under crops, 1,215 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,150 bushels of wheat, 963 pounds of wool produced on farms, 828 acres of oats, 820 bushels of buckwheat, 505 sheep, 383 bushels of peas, 365 bushels of barley, 348 swine, 310 bushels of rye, 277 milk cows, 226 pounds of tobacco, 218 acres of wheat, 178 calves and heifers, 157 occupants of farms, 146 horses, 111 barrels of pork, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 106 acres of buckwheat, 96 acres of potatoes, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 88 acres of peas, 67 acres of barley, 62 acres of rye, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 bushels of turnips, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,319 yards of linen, 627 yards of fulled cloth, 521 yards of flannel, 412 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $88 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $31 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, 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 reporting daily production, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ 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 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC049008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC141012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912733
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. Raphaël, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-rapha-l-qc049008-1851/.