Ste. Foye (part), Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Foye (part) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.759°N, 71.337°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Foye (part) had a population of 304: 144 male and 160 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 Ste. Foy, 1861 (30.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Ste. Foye (part) shared boundaries with:

• Ancienne Lorette & Part of St. Ambroise
• St. Augustin
• Ste. Foye

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 304 total population, 160 females, Female members of the family who are present: 145, 144 males, Male members of the family who are present: 134, 103 single females, 90 single males, 54 families, 50 married females, 50 married males, 19 females attending school, 18 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Males present who are not members of the family: 10, 9 female births, 7 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 5 male births, 4 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 25 females aged 5 to 10, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 17 married males aged 30 to 40, 17 single females aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 married females aged 20 to 30, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 14 males aged 5 to 10, 14 single males aged 15 to 20, 12 single females aged 20 to 30, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 10 to 15, 10 married males aged 20 to 30, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females under age 1, 9 married females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 males under age 1, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 236 French Canadians, 35 persons originating in Ireland, 29 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 29,748 tons of hay, 3,496 bushels of potatoes, 2,007 bushels of oats, 1,330 acres of land in farms, 774 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 556 acres of farmland under cultivation, 488 bushels of turnips, 336 acres of farmland in pasture, 207 acres of farmland under crops, 136 pounds of wool produced on farms, 121 acres of oats, 99 bushels of peas, 65 bushels of wheat, 56 acres of potatoes, 28 occupants of farms, 15 acres of peas, 13 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 acres of turnips, 7 acres of wheat, 7 bushels of barley, 7 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 16 yards of flannel, 11 yards of fulled cloth, 5 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 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:  ,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly 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 not reporting,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 13,333 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC068013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068013 — 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. Foye (part), Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-foye-part-qc068013-1851/.