St. Zéphirin, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Zéphirin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,313. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.040°N, 72.576°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Zéphirin had a population of 1,313: 649 male and 664 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,313 |
| 1861 | 1,641 |
| 1871 | 1,550 |
| 1881 | 1,771 |
| 1901 | 1,695 |
| 1911 | 1,383 |
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. Zéphirin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,313 total population, Female members of the family who are present: 664, 664 females, 649 males, Male members of the family who are present: 648, 449 single females, 446 single males, 201 families, 199 married females, 198 married males, 36 males attending school, 34 females attending school, 26 female births, 24 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 21, Male members of the family who are present: 19, 16 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, Males present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 108 males aged 5 to 10, 96 females aged 5 to 10, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 60 single males aged 15 to 20, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 married females aged 20 to 30, 57 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 51 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 32 females under age 1, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males under age 1, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 25 females age 3 to 4, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,161 French Canadians, 112 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 88,175 tons of hay, 15,918 acres of land in farms, 12,492 pounds of maple sugar, 12,182 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,694 bushels of oats, 6,484 pounds of flax or hemp, 6,008 bushels of potatoes, 5,170 bushels of wheat, 4,460 pounds of homemade butter, 3,736 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,329 acres of farmland under crops, 2,246 bushels of peas, 1,890 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,406 acres of farmland in pasture, 987 pounds of tobacco, 957 sheep, 808 bushels of corn, 695 bushels of buckwheat, 686 acres of wheat, 574 acres of oats, 440 bushels of turnips, 434 acres of peas, 413 milk cows, 355 swine, 243 barrels of pork, 232 calves and heifers, 231 horses, 183 bulls, oxen, or steers, 152 occupants of farms, 119 acres of buckwheat, 98 acres of potatoes, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 barrels of beef, 59 bushels of barley, 45 bushels of rye, 30 acres of corn, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of rye, 5 acres of barley, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $3,275 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3,011 yards of linen, 1,654 yards of fulled cloth, 1,444 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 25 tanneries returning capital, 24 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries not reporting, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 1,081,250 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 1,200 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $75 value leather produced in tanneries 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| J.-E. (Jules-Ernest) Livernois | 1851–1933 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC083005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC206014— 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. Zéphirin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-z-phirin-qc083005-1851/.