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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

St. Stanislas & St. Narcisse, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Stanislas & St. Narcisse was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,832. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.668°N, 72.483°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Stanislas & St. Narcisse had a population of 2,832: 1,394 male and 1,438 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. Stanislas & St. Narcisse shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 198 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,832 total population, 1,438 females, 1,394 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,386, Male members of the family who are present: 1,357, 978 single females, 947 single males, 436 married males, 426 married females, 424 families, 71 female births, 67 males attending school, 62 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 52, 47 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 37, 34 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 11 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 4 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 236 males aged 5 to 10, 233 females aged 5 to 10, 175 single males aged 10 to 15, 167 single females aged 10 to 15, 138 married females aged 30 to 40, 138 single females aged 15 to 20, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 133 married males aged 20 to 30, 132 married males aged 30 to 40, 118 single males aged 15 to 20, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 81 females aged 1 to 2, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 73 females under age 1, 69 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 males aged 3 to 4, 65 females aged 2 to 3, 60 males under age 1, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 55 males aged 2 to 3, 52 females age 3 to 4, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 males of unknown age, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,788 French Canadians, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 17 Indigenous persons, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 260,642 tons of hay, 41,985 acres of land in farms, 36,563 pounds of maple sugar, 33,341 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,668 bushels of oats, 10,428 pounds of flax or hemp, 9,987 bushels of potatoes, 9,342 pounds of homemade butter, 8,644 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,105 bushels of wheat, 4,938 acres of farmland under crops, 4,254 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,692 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,817 bushels of buckwheat, 2,565 bushels of peas, 2,362 bushels of turnips, 2,112 sheep, 2,090 acres of oats, 1,318 bushels of barley, 1,053 milk cows, 898 swine, 785 acres of wheat, 590 barrels of pork, 430 horses, 425 calves and heifers, 425 occupants of farms, 392 pounds of tobacco, 386 acres of peas, 381 acres of buckwheat, 231 bulls, oxen, or steers, 165 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 125 acres of barley, 116 barrels of beef, 106 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 101 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 87 bushels of rye, 63 acres of turnips, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of carrots, 18 bushels of corn, 16 acres of potatoes, 15 acres of rye, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 150,000 saw mill plants, 6,006 yards of linen, $4,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,379 yards of flannel, 2,051 yards of fulled cloth, 75 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   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,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories not reporting,   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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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. Stanislas & St. Narcisse, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-stanislas-st-narcisse-qc053007-1851/.