St. Sylvestre, VL, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Sylvestre, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,733. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912808. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.369°N, 71.214°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Sylvestre, VL had a population of 3,733: 1,900 male and 1,833 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Sylvestre, VL shared boundaries with:

• Broughton
• Leeds
• St. Bernard
• St. Elzéar
• St. Giles
• Ste. Agathe

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 208 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,733 total population, 1,900 males, 1,833 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,808, Female members of the family who are present: 1,763, 1,322 single males, 1,225 single females, 569 families, 549 married females, 542 married males, 209 males attending school, 151 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 92, Male members of the family who are present: 86, 77 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, 61 male births, 59 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 37, 36 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 316 males aged 5 to 10, 287 females aged 5 to 10, 286 single males aged 10 to 15, 247 single females aged 10 to 15, 230 single males aged 15 to 20, 218 single females aged 15 to 20, 172 married males aged 30 to 40, 167 married females aged 30 to 40, 145 married females aged 20 to 30, 133 married males aged 40 to 50, 132 married females aged 40 to 50, 130 single males aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 males aged 1 to 2, 74 females under age 1, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 70 females aged 1 to 2, 69 females aged 4 to 5, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 females age 3 to 4, 66 males aged 2 to 3, 64 females aged 2 to 3, 63 males under age 1, 53 married females aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,569 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,059 persons originating in Ireland, 1,048 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 9 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 384,630 tons of hay, 54,182 acres of land in farms, 51,586 bushels of potatoes, 51,342 bushels of oats, 48,478 pounds of homemade butter, 35,783 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,757 pounds of maple sugar, 18,399 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,073 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,737 bushels of wheat, 5,165 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,310 acres of farmland under crops, 3,540 bushels of turnips, 2,947 bushels of peas, 2,789 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,477 sheep, 2,400 bushels of barley, 2,285 acres of oats, 2,006 bushels of rye, 1,398 swine, 1,379 milk cows, 1,004 calves and heifers, 681 bulls, oxen, or steers, 621 acres of potatoes, 566 acres of wheat, 512 occupants of farms, 497 horses, 420 barrels of pork, 364 acres of peas, 357 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 246 acres of barley, 215 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 199 acres of rye, 134 bushels of carrots, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 41 barrels of beef, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 pounds of tobacco, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,843 yards of flannel, 2,143 yards of fulled cloth, 1,719 yards of linen, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 60 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills not reporting, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 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,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  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 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC061008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912808

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. Sylvestre, VL, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sylvestre-vl-qc061008-1851/.