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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3464445

Ste. Elizabeth, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Elizabeth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,432. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464445. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.103°N, 73.381°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Elizabeth had a population of 3,432: 1,681 male and 1,751 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,432
18612,936
18712,753
18812,980
18912,725
19012,696
19112,372
19212,276

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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. Elizabeth shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,432 total population, 1,751 females, 1,681 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,575, Female members of the family who are present: 1,572, 1,132 single females, 1,078 single males, 570 married males, 567 married females, 510 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 179, 146 females attending school, 146 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 106, Male members of the family who are present: 93, 86 male births, 84 female births, 52 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 40, 33 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 6 lunatic males, 5 deaf and dumb males, 3 blind males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 264 females aged 5 to 10, 261 males aged 5 to 10, 208 single females aged 10 to 15, 193 single males aged 10 to 15, 186 single females aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 15 to 20, 174 married females aged 20 to 30, 149 married females aged 30 to 40, 148 married males aged 30 to 40, 147 married males aged 20 to 30, 131 married males aged 40 to 50, 105 married females aged 40 to 50, 98 single males aged 20 to 30, 97 single females aged 20 to 30, 89 males under age 1, 84 females under age 1, 78 males aged 1 to 2, 69 females aged 1 to 2, 64 females age 3 to 4, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 61 females aged 2 to 3, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 60 males aged 3 to 4, 53 married males aged 60 to 70, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 47 married females aged 60 to 70, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 33 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 married males aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,412 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 424,955 tons of hay, 114,550 pounds of maple sugar, 69,902 bushels of oats, 37,996 acres of land in farms, 22,014 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,625 pounds of homemade butter, 15,982 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,147 acres of farmland under crops, 12,540 pounds of flax or hemp, 12,054 bushels of wheat, 8,765 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,818 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,030 bushels of potatoes, 6,665 pounds of tobacco, 6,049 acres of oats, 5,828 bushels of peas, 3,872 sheep, 3,180 bushels of rye, 2,495 bushels of buckwheat, 2,107 acres of wheat, 1,560 milk cows, 1,553 acres of peas, 1,279 bushels of barley, 1,184 swine, 1,001 horses, 777 bushels of corn, 749 acres of rye, 711 calves and heifers, 695 barrels of pork, 444 occupants of farms, 311 acres of buckwheat, 290 bulls, oxen, or steers, 213 acres of potatoes, 191 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 152 acres of barley, 116 acres of corn, 113 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 102 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 77 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 11,553 yards of linen, 5,678 yards of flannel, 3,794 yards of fulled cloth, 1,125 foundries returning capital, $700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $400 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), $203 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 50 employees in saw mills, 20 saw mills not reporting, 6 employees in foundries, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills returning capital, $1 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   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 returning capital,   distilleries reporting,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   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,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (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.   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 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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. Elizabeth, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-elizabeth-qc050010-1851/.