Ste. Cécile, Bic, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Cécile, Bic was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,391. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.344°N, 68.702°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Cécile, Bic had a population of 1,391: 756 male and 635 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

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Bic, VL, 1861 (81.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Ste. Cécile, Bic shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Rimouski
• St. Fabien

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,391 total population, 756 males, Male members of the family who are present: 717, 635 females, Female members of the family who are present: 581, 533 single males, 413 single females, 238 families, 214 married females, 214 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 41 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 39, Males present who are not members of the family: 39, 30 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 9 widowed males, 8 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 120 males aged 5 to 10, 102 females aged 5 to 10, 86 single females aged 10 to 15, 82 single males aged 15 to 20, 81 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 15 to 20, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 57 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 40 males under age 1, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 29 females under age 1, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 27 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 females age 3 to 4, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 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 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (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 1,380 French Canadians, 9 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 52,850 tons of hay, 18,802 acres of land in farms, 18,631 bushels of barley, 14,697 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,015 pounds of maple sugar, 9,395 bushels of potatoes, 8,311 pounds of homemade butter, 4,526 bushels of wheat, 4,105 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,992 bushels of peas, 2,418 acres of farmland under crops, 2,387 bushels of rye, 1,671 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,618 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,176 sheep, 1,053 bushels of oats, 668 pounds of flax or hemp, 645 acres of barley, 543 acres of wheat, 367 swine, 360 acres of peas, 290 milk cows, 251 acres of rye, 190 occupants of farms, 182 horses, 146 calves and heifers, 119 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 barrels of pork, 90 acres of oats, 70 bulls, oxen, or steers, 68 acres of potatoes, 35 pounds of tobacco, 34 bushels of turnips, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 barrels of beef, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,458 yards of flannel, 1,187 yards of fulled cloth, 1,165 yards of linen, 366 saw mill plants, 46 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   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 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,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   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 capital returned by saw 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 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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 297 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC071013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC071013 — 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). "Ste. Cécile, Bic, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-c-cile-bic-qc071013-1851/.