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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Roch, No. 1, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Roch, No. 1 was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.810°N, 71.241°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Roch, No. 1 had a population of 2,200: 1,111 male and 1,089 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. Roch, No. 1 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 205 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,200 total population, 1,111 males, 1,089 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,070, Female members of the family who are present: 1,024, 699 single males, 664 single females, 436 families, 401 married males, 396 married females, 155 females attending school, 147 males attending school, 74 female births, 68 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 65, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, 29 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 14, 11 widowed males, 8 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 158 females aged 5 to 10, 148 males aged 5 to 10, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 111 married females aged 30 to 40, 104 single females aged 15 to 20, 100 single females aged 10 to 15, 93 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 64 females under age 1, 56 males under age 1, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 51 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,653 French Canadians, 484 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 409 persons originating in Ireland, 78 persons originating in England or Wales, 71 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 313,963 tons of hay, 18,509 bushels of oats, 14,373 bushels of turnips, 10,290 pounds of homemade butter, 6,140 acres of land in farms, 5,968 bushels of potatoes, 4,966 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,595 acres of farmland under crops, 2,335 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,320 barrels of beef, 1,174 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 681 acres of oats, 495 bushels of wheat, 371 pounds of wool produced on farms, 332 milk cows, 295 bushels of carrots, 252 horses, 200 bushels of rye, 133 swine, 127 bushels of peas, 115 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 104 occupants of farms, 94 sheep, 80 pounds of flax or hemp, 74 acres of potatoes, 60 acres of turnips, 57 calves and heifers, 50 bushels of barley, 48 acres of wheat, 46 barrels of pork, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 bulls, oxen, or steers, 24 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 bushels of buckwheat, 13 bushels of corn, 12 acres of rye, 6 acres of barley, 6 acres of peas, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 121 yards of linen, 88 yards of fulled cloth, 61 yards of flannel, 20 employees in tanneries, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills not reporting,   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 reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   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 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,   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 reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. $2,700 value leather produced in tanneries 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 63 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 17, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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. Roch, No. 1, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-no-1-qc069010-1851/.