St. Valier, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Valier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,915. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.831°N, 70.742°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Valier had a population of 1,915: 994 male and 921 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).

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 St. Valier, 1861 (44.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Valier shared boundaries with:

• Armagh
• Berthier
• St. François & St. Pierre
• St. Michel
• St. Raphaël

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,915 total population, 994 males, 921 females, Male members of the family who are present: 890, Female members of the family who are present: 804, 696 single males, 606 single females, 336 families, 273 married males, 272 married females, 159 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 117, Males present who are not members of the family: 104, 90 females attending school, 62 female births, 50 male births, 43 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 160 males aged 5 to 10, 119 females aged 5 to 10, 116 single males aged 10 to 15, 106 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 single females aged 10 to 15, 96 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 73 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 females under age 1, 46 males under age 1, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,886 French Canadians, 29 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 344,545 tons of hay, 39,996 pounds of homemade butter, 30,014 bushels of oats, 17,073 acres of land in farms, 15,052 bushels of potatoes, 11,409 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,283 pounds of maple sugar, 7,769 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,664 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,894 bushels of wheat, 4,248 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,676 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,522 acres of farmland under crops, 2,314 bushels of rye, 1,807 acres of oats, 1,491 sheep, 1,102 bushels of peas, 945 milk cows, 766 swine, 741 acres of wheat, 582 bushels of barley, 580 barrels of pork, 482 bulls, oxen, or steers, 403 pounds of tobacco, 364 horses, 354 calves and heifers, 316 bushels of buckwheat, 313 acres of rye, 213 occupants of farms, 184 bushels of turnips, 180 acres of potatoes, 176 acres of peas, 118 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 102 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 71 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 67 acres of barley, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 37 acres of buckwheat, 21 barrels of beef, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 saw mill plants, 2,896 yards of flannel, 2,389 yards of linen, 2,388 yards of fulled cloth, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $332 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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 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 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, 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 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people 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: QC049003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC042017 — 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. Valier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valier-qc049003-1851/.