Ste. Famille, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Famille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 850. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464255. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.949°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Famille had a population of 850: 437 male and 413 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Famille shared boundaries with:

• St. François
• St. Jean
• St. Laurent
• St. Pierre

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 850 total population, 437 males, 413 females, Male members of the family who are present: 387, Female members of the family who are present: 377, 312 single males, 284 single females, 135 families, 116 married females, 112 married males, 62 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 50, 40 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, 24 female births, 18 male births, 13 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 61 males aged 5 to 10, 58 single males aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 29 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married females aged 20 to 30, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females under age 1, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 16 males under age 1, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 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 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 847 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 223,555 tons of hay, 19,752 bushels of oats, 13,646 acres of land in farms, 13,125 pounds of maple sugar, 12,632 pounds of homemade butter, 8,332 bushels of potatoes, 7,413 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,233 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,036 bushels of turnips, 3,707 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,621 acres of farmland under crops, 3,458 bushels of wheat, 3,455 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,709 acres of oats, 2,298 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,829 bushels of rye, 1,575 bushels of peas, 1,177 sheep, 687 bushels of barley, 639 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 529 milk cows, 454 bulls, oxen, or steers, 377 calves and heifers, 358 acres of wheat, 269 barrels of pork, 263 swine, 216 pounds of tobacco, 208 horses, 186 acres of rye, 169 acres of peas, 121 barrels of beef, 101 occupants of farms, 87 acres of potatoes, 85 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 49 acres of barley, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 acres of turnips, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 bushels of buckwheat, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of beans, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,743 yards of fulled cloth, 1,603 yards of linen, 1,029 yards of flannel, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual 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 distilleries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $  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. 4,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 2,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 40 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC064008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464255
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. Famille, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-famille-qc064008-1851/.