St. Valentin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Valentin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,052. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912847. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.150°N, 73.314°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Valentin had a population of 3,052: 1,535 male and 1,517 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,052 |
| 1861 | 2,915 |
| 1871 | 2,148 |
| 1881 | 2,030 |
| 1891 | 1,788 |
| 1901 | 563 |
| 1911 | 561 |
| 1921 | 535 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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
- In a later year, this CSD contained Isle-aux-Noix (Prison), 1861 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Valentin 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 3,052 total population, 1,535 males, 1,517 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,446, Male members of the family who are present: 1,446, 1,043 single males, 1,004 single females, 478 married males, 464 families, 462 married females, 294 females attending school, 289 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 89, 76 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 71 male births, 51 widowed females, 14 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 248 males aged 5 to 10, 239 females aged 5 to 10, 212 single females aged 10 to 15, 206 single males aged 10 to 15, 161 married females aged 20 to 30, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 152 single females aged 15 to 20, 124 married males aged 20 to 30, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 113 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 married males aged 40 to 50, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 females aged 1 to 2, 77 males under age 1, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 1 to 2, 68 females under age 1, 67 males aged 3 to 4, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 56 females age 3 to 4, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 15 to 20, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 females of unknown age, 4 males of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,761 French Canadians, 196 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 32 persons originating in England or Wales, 27 persons originating in Ireland, 27 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 368,690 tons of hay, 39,528 bushels of oats, 25,040 bushels of wheat, 20,595 acres of land in farms, 15,285 pounds of homemade butter, 13,154 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,581 acres of farmland under crops, 7,441 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,375 bushels of peas, 5,314 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,752 bushels of potatoes, 3,981 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,366 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,920 acres of wheat, 2,053 acres of oats, 2,017 sheep, 1,435 bushels of corn, 1,427 bushels of buckwheat, 1,369 pounds of tobacco, 1,362 swine, 1,151 barrels of pork, 1,059 bushels of carrots, 1,002 horses, 964 milk cows, 838 acres of peas, 816 bushels of turnips, 766 bushels of barley, 711 pounds of maple sugar, 574 calves and heifers, 409 occupants of farms, 207 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 206 acres of buckwheat, 190 bulls, oxen, or steers, 173 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 159 acres of potatoes, 115 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 82 acres of corn, 60 acres of barley, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 acres of turnips, 15 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,922 yards of linen, 2,516 yards of fulled cloth, 2,147 yards of flannel, $250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 5 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, 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 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 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François Bourassa | 1813–1898 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC092008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912847
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. Valentin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valentin-qc057012-1851/.