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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Ste. Brigitte, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Brigitte was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.303°N, 73.052°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Brigitte had a population of 1,355: 679 male and 676 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Ste. Brigitte shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,355 total population, 679 males, 676 females, Male members of the family who are present: 661, Female members of the family who are present: 652, 453 single males, 445 single females, 220 families, 219 married males, 215 married females, 152 males attending school, 143 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 21 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 20, 20 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 18, Female members of the family who are absent: 17, 16 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 114 males aged 5 to 10, 109 females aged 5 to 10, 83 single males aged 10 to 15, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 single males aged 15 to 20, 73 single females aged 15 to 20, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 females age 3 to 4, 28 females under age 1, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 27 males under age 1, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 907 French Canadians, 228 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 197 persons originating in Ireland, 14 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 159,360 tons of hay, 33,453 acres of land in farms, 28,538 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,431 pounds of homemade butter, 10,435 bushels of oats, 8,955 bushels of wheat, 4,915 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,818 acres of farmland under crops, 2,775 bushels of potatoes, 2,346 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,177 bushels of peas, 1,298 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,054 acres of wheat, 990 acres of farmland in pasture, 988 sheep, 851 pounds of tobacco, 746 bushels of corn, 716 acres of oats, 574 milk cows, 551 bushels of buckwheat, 492 swine, 352 acres of peas, 347 bushels of turnips, 341 horses, 318 occupants of farms, 242 calves and heifers, 205 pounds of maple sugar, 171 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 131 bushels of beans, 113 acres of potatoes, 107 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 83 bulls, oxen, or steers, 70 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 65 acres of buckwheat, 57 acres of corn, 38 bushels of carrots, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 bushels of barley, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,178 yards of fulled cloth, 1,842 yards of flannel, 1,255 yards of linen, $1,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   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 value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 annual production or rent from saw 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,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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 16 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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. Brigitte, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-brigitte-qc072009-1851/.