Ste. Geneviève, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Geneviève was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,899. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912999. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.483°N, 73.847°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Geneviève had a population of 1,899: 934 male and 965 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 contained Ste. Geneviève, Village, 1861 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Ste. Geneviève shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,899 total population, 965 females, 934 males, Male members of the family who are present: 880, Female members of the family who are present: 838, 614 single females, 598 single males, 326 families, 317 married males, 315 married females, 135 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 127, 105 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, 54 female births, 43 male births, 36 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 21, 19 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 5 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 139 males aged 5 to 10, 134 females aged 5 to 10, 131 single females aged 10 to 15, 129 single males aged 10 to 15, 108 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 single males aged 15 to 20, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 85 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 51 females under age 1, 48 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 single males aged 20 to 30, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 39 males under age 1, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,891 French Canadians, 5 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 173,115 tons of hay, 41,002 bushels of potatoes, 24,700 bushels of oats, 23,085 pounds of homemade butter, 13,264 bushels of wheat, 11,632 acres of land in farms, 9,619 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,118 acres of wheat, 7,917 bushels of peas, 7,295 acres of farmland under crops, 5,269 pounds of maple sugar, 4,680 pounds of tobacco, 3,211 bushels of buckwheat, 2,293 bushels of barley, 2,291 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,169 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,013 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,536 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,487 acres of oats, 1,479 bushels of corn, 1,314 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,262 sheep, 868 gallons of cider, 798 milk cows, 735 acres of peas, 726 swine, 600 barrels of pork, 589 horses, 496 acres of potatoes, 481 bushels of carrots, 438 calves and heifers, 338 acres of buckwheat, 335 bushels of beans, 317 bulls, oxen, or steers, 314 occupants of farms, 171 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 155 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 137 acres of barley, 96 barrels of beef, 93 acres of corn, 80 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 58 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 42 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,365 yards of flannel, 1,849 yards of fulled cloth, 620 yards of linen, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in grist mills, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, tanneries, 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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| André Jobin | 1786–1853 | died here |
| Marc-Damase Masson | 1805–1878 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912999
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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-genevi-ve-qc065006-1851/.