Ste. Anne, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Anne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,623. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141492. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.766°N, 73.817°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Anne had a population of 1,623: 776 male and 847 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,623 |
| 1861 | 1,994 |
| 1871 | 1,821 |
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, Ste. Anne shared boundaries with:
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 1,623 total population, 847 females, Female members of the family who are present: 794, 776 males, Male members of the family who are present: 727, 554 single females, 500 single males, 289 families, 264 married females, 263 married males, 94 males attending school, 67 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, 44 female births, 35 male births, 29 widowed females, 13 lunatic females, 13 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 9 deaf and dumb females, 7 lunatic males, 4 blind females, 4 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 123 males aged 5 to 10, 121 females aged 5 to 10, 96 single males aged 10 to 15, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 94 single females aged 15 to 20, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 single males aged 15 to 20, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 61 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 females under age 1, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males under age 1, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 21 females age 3 to 4, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,617 French Canadians, 4 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 241,742 tons of hay, 34,319 bushels of oats, 24,319 acres of land in farms, 18,685 pounds of homemade butter, 12,799 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,520 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,274 bushels of wheat, 9,010 pounds of maple sugar, 7,661 bushels of peas, 6,917 acres of farmland under crops, 5,790 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,537 bushels of potatoes, 4,313 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,202 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,868 bushels of buckwheat, 2,482 acres of oats, 1,959 sheep, 1,577 pounds of tobacco, 1,386 acres of wheat, 1,104 bushels of barley, 987 acres of peas, 821 milk cows, 623 swine, 610 barrels of pork, 567 horses, 384 calves and heifers, 337 bushels of corn, 327 acres of buckwheat, 266 bushels of rye, 261 bulls, oxen, or steers, 214 occupants of farms, 190 bushels of carrots, 177 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 170 acres of potatoes, 126 barrels of beef, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 101 acres of barley, 92 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 78 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 bushels of beans, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 57 bushels of turnips, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 acres of corn, 28 acres of rye, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,996 yards of linen, 2,628 yards of flannel, 2,301 yards of fulled cloth, $1,175 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $260 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 18 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw 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: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in grist 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 not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 males aged 1 to 2: 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 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marie-Louise Valade | 1808–1861 | born here |
| Jean-Louis Beaudry | 1809–1886 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC079008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141492
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
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). "Ste. Anne, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-anne-qc079008-1851/.