St. Roch, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Roch was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,930. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.277°N, 70.124°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Roch had a population of 2,930: 1,408 male and 1,522 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. Roch, 1861 (50.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Roch shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,930 total population, 1,522 females, 1,408 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,333, Male members of the family who are present: 1,250, 1,018 single females, 919 single males, 501 families, 457 married males, 454 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 189, Males present who are not members of the family: 158, 88 females attending school, 76 males attending school, 50 widowed females, 49 female births, 49 male births, 32 widowed males, 8 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 4 lunatic females, 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 184 females aged 5 to 10, 181 males aged 5 to 10, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 172 single females aged 15 to 20, 156 single females aged 20 to 30, 155 single females aged 10 to 15, 139 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 single males aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 94 married males aged 40 to 50, 83 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 females under age 1, 57 married males aged 60 to 70, 56 females age 3 to 4, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 55 females aged 4 to 5, 52 males under age 1, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 44 single females aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,915 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 4,290 pounds of maple sugar, 1,686 acres of land in farms, 1,565 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 233 bushels of potatoes, 225 pounds of homemade butter, 200 bushels of barley, 121 acres of farmland under cultivation, 86 bushels of wheat, 79 acres of farmland in pasture, 42 acres of farmland under crops, 35 pounds of wool produced on farms, 32 bushels of oats, 24 bushels of rye, 24 sheep, 23 bushels of peas, 18 acres of barley, 14 swine, 13 milk cows, 11 acres of wheat, 11 occupants of farms, 8 tons of hay, 7 horses, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of peas, 4 calves and heifers, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of rye, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 acres of oats, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 5,234 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $400 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 125 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 120 yards of flannel, $75 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 36 yards of fulled cloth, $35 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 yards of linen, 5 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 28 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Caron | 1768–1853 | born here |
| Alexis Bélanger | 1808–1868 | born here |
| Auguste Soulard | 1819–1852 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC060003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC060003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463285
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-qc060003-1851/.