St. Sulpice, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Sulpice was a census subdivision in Leinster County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,012. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.827°N, 73.359°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Sulpice had a population of 1,012: 483 male and 529 female residents. Population density was 70.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,012 |
| 1861 | 1,015 |
| 1871 | 864 |
| 1881 | 768 |
| 1891 | 622 |
| 1901 | 665 |
| 1911 | 674 |
| 1921 | 610 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Sulpice shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 333 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 186 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 6 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 467 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 449 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 4 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb females | 2 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 2 |
| Number of families | 186 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 14 |
| Number of females | 529 |
| Number of females attending school | 64 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 13 |
| Number of males | 483 |
| Number of males attending school | 58 |
| Number of married females | 169 |
| Number of married males | 172 |
| Number of single females | 336 |
| Number of single males | 300 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| POP | 1,012 |
| POP FX N.1 | 529 |
| POP MX N.1 | 483 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,012 |
| Total population | 1,012 |
Age structure (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 19 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 24 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 18 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 16 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 70 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 16 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 15 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 21 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 15 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 14 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 62 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 14 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 46 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 39 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 37 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 20 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 20 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of married females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 33 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 40 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 39 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 27 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 19 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 12 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 54 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 63 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 42 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 59 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 52 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 36 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 6 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,012 |
Agriculture (69 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 40 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 63 |
| Acres of corn | 50 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 68 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 3,471 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,407 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 5,293 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 8,832 |
| Acres of land in farms | 10,239 |
| Acres of oats | 1,529 |
| Acres of peas | 615 |
| Acres of potatoes | 103 |
| Acres of rye | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,005 |
| BAR AC | 40 |
| BAR BU | 670 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 157 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 384 |
| BEEF BAR | 157 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 670 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 788 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 72 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 647 |
| Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year | 1,035 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 24,921 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 5,769 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,984 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 9,068 |
| BWT AC | 63 |
| BWT BU | 788 |
| CRN AC | 50 |
| CRN BU | 647 |
| HAY TONS | 278,670 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 208 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 342 |
| Number of horses | 421 |
| Number of milk cows | 506 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 130 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 21 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 17 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 54 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 23 |
| Number of sheep | 1,180 |
| Number of swine | 518 |
| OAT AC | 1,529 |
| OAT BU | 24,921 |
| PEA AC | 615 |
| PEA BU | 5,769 |
| PORK BAR | 384 |
| POT AC | 103 |
| POT BU | 5,984 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 135 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 5,639 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 15,270 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 5,666 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 3,154 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 2,612 |
| RYE AC | 2 |
| RYE BU | 18 |
| TOB LBS | 3,154 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 278,670 |
| WHT AC | 1,005 |
| WHT BU | 9,068 |
| WOOL LBS | 2,612 |
Manufacturing & industry (45 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Gallons of beer produced in breweries in the past year | |
| Number of breweries | |
| Number of breweries not reporting | |
| Number of breweries reporting | |
| Number of breweries returning capital | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in breweries | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 1,140 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 1,903 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 2,742 |
Deaths & mortality (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 7 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 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 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 7 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 14 |
Other recorded variables (125 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 15,270 |
| BEN BU | 31 |
| BOV | 208 |
| C H | 342 |
| C LBS | 135 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 483 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 529 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,012 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 449 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 467 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 34 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 62 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 4 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 6 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 2 |
| C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD | 2 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 3 |
| C106 BTWN 90 AND 100 M MD | 1 |
| C112 BTWN 90 AND 100 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 13 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 172 |
| C127 S MALE | 300 |
| C128 WID MALE | 11 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 483 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 14 |
| C130 MD FEM | 169 |
| C131 S FEM | 336 |
| C132 WID FEM | 24 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 529 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,012 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 7 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 7 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 14 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 14 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 58 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 64 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 2 |
| C146 DEAF AND DUMB F | 2 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 16 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 15 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 24 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 21 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 18 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 15 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 19 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 14 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 16 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 62 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 70 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 59 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 54 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 52 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 2 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 63 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 33 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 36 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 46 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 42 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 40 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 6 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 39 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 7 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C64 BTWN 30 AND 40 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 39 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 5 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 1 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 37 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 2 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 27 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 20 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 2 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 6 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 19 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 20 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 2 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 5 |
| C88 BTWN 60 AND 70 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 2 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 12 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 1 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 3 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 7 |
| C97 BTWN 70 AND 80 F DEATHS | 2 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| CAR BU | 72 |
| CD NAME | Leinster |
| CROP | 5,293 |
| CULT | 8,832 |
| FC YRDS | 1,903 |
| FLAN YRDS | 1,140 |
| FLX LBS | 5,639 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,012 |
| GARDEN | 68 |
| GRA BU | 12 |
| HELD | 10,239 |
| HORSE | 421 |
| LIN YRDS | 2,742 |
| LINE NO | 1,160 |
| M COWS | 506 |
| MPLS LBS | 5,666 |
| MW BU | 1,035 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 11 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 21 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 17 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 54 |
| O OVR 200 | 4 |
| O UNDR 10 | 23 |
| PASTURE | 3,471 |
| SHEEP | 1,180 |
| SWINE | 518 |
| TOT O | 130 |
| WOOD | 1,407 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC059003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065010_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Sulpice, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sulpice-qc059003-1851/.