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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463379

St. Simon, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Simon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,784. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463379. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.688°N, 72.806°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Simon had a population of 1,784: 925 male and 859 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. Simon shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,784 total population, 925 males, 859 females, Male members of the family who are present: 843, Female members of the family who are present: 792, 637 single males, 573 single females, 276 families, 276 married males, 270 married females, 143 males attending school, 124 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 82, Females present who are not members of the family: 67, 42 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 38, 36 female births, 16 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 6 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 158 males aged 5 to 10, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 120 single females aged 10 to 15, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 single males aged 10 to 15, 89 married females aged 20 to 30, 81 single females aged 15 to 20, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 married males aged 30 to 40, 73 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 males under age 1, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 females under age 1, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 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 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,774 French Canadians, 5 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 250,100 tons of hay, 15,087 acres of land in farms, 14,530 bushels of oats, 14,518 pounds of homemade butter, 9,987 pounds of maple sugar, 8,057 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,030 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,262 bushels of peas, 4,253 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,132 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,710 acres of farmland under crops, 3,268 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,242 bushels of potatoes, 2,090 acres of wheat, 1,836 sheep, 1,210 pounds of tobacco, 834 swine, 822 acres of barley, 736 acres of oats, 682 milk cows, 596 bushels of corn, 538 horses, 523 acres of peas, 486 calves and heifers, 260 occupants of farms, 165 bushels of buckwheat, 156 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 bulls, oxen, or steers, 101 barrels of pork, 61 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 pounds of hops, 58 acres of potatoes, 58 bushels of wheat, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 barrels of beef, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 acres of corn, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17 acres of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of carrots, 10 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8 bushels of turnips, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,630 yards of linen, 2,250 yards of fulled cloth, 2,162 yards of flannel,   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,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   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 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 value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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. Simon, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-simon-qc078011-1851/.