St. Thomas, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,019. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.026°N, 73.331°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Thomas had a population of 2,019: 1,019 male and 1,000 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,019 |
| 1861 | 2,003 |
| 1871 | 1,843 |
| 1881 | 1,535 |
| 1891 | 2,068 |
| 1901 | 1,570 |
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. Thomas shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,019 total population, 1,019 males, 1,000 females, Male members of the family who are present: 990, Female members of the family who are present: 929, 687 single males, 660 single females, 311 married males, 310 married females, 233 families, 72 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 69 males attending school, 58 females attending school, 36 female births, 30 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 21 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 lunatic 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 163 females aged 5 to 10, 142 males aged 5 to 10, 136 single males aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 111 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 married females aged 20 to 30, 99 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 males under age 1, 73 married males aged 30 to 40, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 56 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 39 females under age 1, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 females age 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,019 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 160,990 tons of hay, 28,311 bushels of oats, 26,810 pounds of maple sugar, 15,126 acres of land in farms, 8,363 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,147 pounds of homemade butter, 6,763 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,130 bushels of wheat, 4,857 acres of farmland under crops, 4,106 bushels of rye, 4,048 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,498 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,432 bushels of potatoes, 2,990 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,282 acres of oats, 1,755 pounds of tobacco, 1,703 bushels of peas, 1,476 sheep, 1,150 bushels of buckwheat, 802 acres of wheat, 646 swine, 641 acres of rye, 618 milk cows, 446 horses, 391 calves and heifers, 379 acres of peas, 355 bushels of corn, 223 barrels of pork, 200 acres of buckwheat, 183 bushels of barley, 125 occupants of farms, 104 acres of potatoes, 88 bulls, oxen, or steers, 46 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 acres of corn, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,557 yards of linen, 2,085 yards of flannel, 1,943 yards of fulled cloth, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries reporting, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, 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 daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ 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 capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. 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 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC050009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC158014— 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. Thomas, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc050009-1851/.