Ste. Catherine, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Catherine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,789. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141565. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.872°N, 71.615°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Catherine had a population of 1,789: 910 male and 879 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,789 |
| 1861 | 1,670 |
| 1871 | 1,263 |
| 1881 | 1,202 |
| 1891 | 1,103 |
| 1901 | 1,137 |
| 1911 | 1,158 |
| 1921 | 1,072 |
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. Catherine shared boundaries with:
- Ancienne Lorette & Part of St. Ambroise
- NO DATA
- Pointe-aux-Trembles
- St. Augustin
- St. Gabriel
- St. Raymond
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,789 total population, 910 males, 879 females, Male members of the family who are present: 861, Female members of the family who are present: 821, 629 single males, 587 single females, 387 families, 260 married males, 256 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, Male members of the family who are present: 40, 36 widowed females, 35 male births, 31 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 22, 21 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 146 females aged 5 to 10, 138 males aged 5 to 10, 130 single females aged 10 to 15, 121 single males aged 15 to 20, 119 single males aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 females under age 1, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 33 males under age 1, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 28 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 males of unknown age, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 females of unknown age, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 723 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 663 French Canadians, 392 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 127,660 tons of hay, 49,313 bushels of potatoes, 29,637 acres of land in farms, 26,832 bushels of oats, 23,072 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,187 pounds of homemade butter, 6,565 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,205 pounds of maple sugar, 3,297 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,268 acres of farmland under crops, 1,665 bushels of wheat, 1,436 acres of oats, 1,138 pounds of wool produced on farms, 926 bushels of turnips, 899 pounds of flax or hemp, 689 bushels of buckwheat, 650 swine, 596 acres of potatoes, 558 milk cows, 540 bushels of peas, 471 bushels of rye, 460 sheep, 310 horses, 269 occupants of farms, 263 barrels of pork, 247 acres of wheat, 235 calves and heifers, 233 bulls, oxen, or steers, 149 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 138 bushels of barley, 122 acres of peas, 93 acres of buckwheat, 76 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 acres of rye, 23 barrels of beef, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 acres of turnips, 13 acres of barley, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of carrots, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 pounds of tobacco. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 473 yards of fulled cloth, 457 yards of linen, 384 yards of flannel, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist 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 reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, 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 reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC068008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141565
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
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. Catherine, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-catherine-qc068008-1851/.