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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Ste. Flavie & St. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Flavie & St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,634. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.568°N, 68.161°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Flavie & St. Joseph had a population of 1,634: 846 male and 788 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. Flavie & St. Joseph shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,634 total population, 846 males, Male members of the family who are present: 792, 788 females, Female members of the family who are present: 732, 583 single males, 524 single females, 262 families, 252 married males, 244 married females, 58 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, 46 males attending school, 39 female births, 36 male births, 20 widowed females, 11 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 3 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 154 males aged 5 to 10, 123 females aged 5 to 10, 105 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 67 married females aged 30 to 40, 65 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 females under age 1, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 males under age 1, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 33 females age 3 to 4, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,616 French Canadians, 15 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 72,994 tons of hay, 23,789 acres of land in farms, 18,514 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,830 pounds of maple sugar, 8,214 bushels of potatoes, 6,775 pounds of homemade butter, 5,355 bushels of barley, 5,275 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,373 bushels of wheat, 3,012 acres of farmland under crops, 2,485 bushels of peas, 2,254 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,963 bushels of rye, 1,841 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,425 bushels of oats, 1,342 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,138 sheep, 683 acres of barley, 525 acres of wheat, 514 swine, 360 acres of rye, 330 acres of peas, 318 milk cows, 225 occupants of farms, 214 pounds of tobacco, 205 calves and heifers, 190 horses, 149 bulls, oxen, or steers, 139 barrels of pork, 137 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 136 acres of potatoes, 121 acres of oats, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 bushels of carrots, 30 bushels of turnips, 27 barrels of beef, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,130 saw mill plants, 1,540 yards of fulled cloth, 1,399 yards of flannel, 1,381 yards of linen, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $95 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills not 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,   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 saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 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,   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 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 367 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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. Flavie & St. Joseph, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-flavie-st-joseph-qc071016-1851/.