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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3464279

Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,072. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.542°N, 72.352°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Geneviève de Batiscan had a population of 2,072: 1,081 male and 991 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,072
18612,171

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. Geneviève de Batiscan shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 216 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,072 total population, 1,081 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,028, 991 females, Female members of the family who are present: 948, 726 single males, 610 single females, 344 married females, 330 married males, 262 families, 111 males attending school, 97 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 70, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, 46 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 37 widowed females, 33 female births, 25 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 173 males aged 5 to 10, 154 females aged 5 to 10, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 109 single females aged 10 to 15, 109 single males aged 15 to 20, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 105 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 20 to 30, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 45 males under age 1, 44 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 females age 3 to 4, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 females under age 1, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 married males aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,014 French Canadians, 35 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 18 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 277,073 tons of hay, 33,201 acres of land in farms, 26,063 bushels of oats, 24,113 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,900 pounds of maple sugar, 12,171 pounds of homemade butter, 9,826 pounds of flax or hemp, 9,088 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,972 acres of farmland under crops, 4,547 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,368 bushels of wheat, 3,074 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,023 bushels of potatoes, 3,016 bushels of buckwheat, 1,869 acres of oats, 1,815 sheep, 1,592 bushels of peas, 1,036 pounds of tobacco, 786 barrels of pork, 755 milk cows, 708 swine, 677 bushels of barley, 625 bushels of rye, 553 acres of wheat, 499 bulls, oxen, or steers, 463 acres of buckwheat, 356 horses, 310 bushels of corn, 307 calves and heifers, 305 occupants of farms, 260 acres of peas, 132 bushels of turnips, 122 acres of potatoes, 110 barrels of beef, 110 bushels of carrots, 109 acres of rye, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 74 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 62 acres of barley, 58 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 bushels of beans, 44 acres of corn, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,922 yards of linen, 6,000 saw mill plants, 5,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3,004 yards of flannel, 2,230 yards of fulled cloth, $2,175 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $385 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 317 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $35 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills returning capital, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in tanneries, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories not reporting, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

NameLifespanConnection
Louis Guillet1788–1868born here

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. Geneviève de Batiscan, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-genevi-ve-de-batiscan-qc053006-1851/.