Ste. Hélène, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Hélène was a census subdivision in Kamouraska County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,069. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.576°N, 69.690°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Hélène had a population of 1,069: 532 male and 537 female residents. Population density was 36.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,069 |
| 1861 | 1,270 |
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. Hélène shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 318 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 152 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 24 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 470 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 67 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 495 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 59 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 37 |
| Number of families | 152 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 26 |
| Number of females | 537 |
| Number of females attending school | 57 |
| Number of lunatic females | 2 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 20 |
| Number of males | 532 |
| Number of males attending school | 50 |
| Number of married females | 153 |
| Number of married males | 150 |
| Number of single females | 373 |
| Number of single males | 377 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| POP | 1,069 |
| POP FX N.1 | 537 |
| POP MX N.1 | 532 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,069 |
| Total population | 1,069 |
Age structure (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 30 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 26 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 18 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 20 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 73 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 28 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 21 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 31 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 25 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 81 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 24 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 4 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 52 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 47 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 27 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 14 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 33 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 46 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 38 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 16 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 9 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 7 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 57 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 69 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 31 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 46 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 67 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 47 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,037 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 31 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 1 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 290 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,363 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 5,907 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,743 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 4,108 |
| Acres of land in farms | 10,015 |
| Acres of oats | 300 |
| Acres of peas | 164 |
| Acres of potatoes | 98 |
| Acres of rye | 151 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 638 |
| BAR AC | 290 |
| BAR BU | 2,531 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 42 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 160 |
| BEEF BAR | 42 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,531 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,571 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,049 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,162 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 742 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 3,496 |
| HAY TONS | 117,615 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 96 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 236 |
| Number of horses | 189 |
| Number of milk cows | 358 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 103 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 17 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 56 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| Number of sheep | 1,055 |
| Number of swine | 260 |
| OAT AC | 300 |
| OAT BU | 4,571 |
| PEA AC | 164 |
| PEA BU | 1,049 |
| PORK BAR | 160 |
| POT AC | 98 |
| POT BU | 5,162 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 1,524 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 17,729 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 6,362 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 153 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 2,212 |
| RYE AC | 151 |
| RYE BU | 742 |
| TOB LBS | 153 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 117,615 |
| WHT AC | 638 |
| WHT BU | 3,496 |
| WOOL LBS | 2,212 |
Manufacturing & industry (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Gallons of beer produced in breweries in the past year | |
| Number of breweries | |
| Number of breweries not reporting | |
| Number of breweries reporting | |
| Number of breweries returning capital | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in breweries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 2 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mills | 2 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 2 |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 2 |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 60 |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 2,062 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 2,568 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 2,882 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 28 |
Deaths & mortality (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 6 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 4 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 9 |
Other recorded variables (126 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 17,729 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BOV | 96 |
| C F BAR | 28 |
| C H | 236 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 532 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 537 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,069 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 495 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 470 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 37 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 67 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 59 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 24 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 20 |
| C126 MD MALE | 150 |
| C127 S MALE | 377 |
| C128 WID MALE | 5 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 532 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 26 |
| C130 MD FEM | 153 |
| C131 S FEM | 373 |
| C132 WID FEM | 11 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 537 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,069 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 6 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 3 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 9 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 24 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 50 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 57 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 28 |
| C150 LUNATICS F | 2 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 4 |
| C16 SM NO | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 SM WATER | 2 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 21 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 26 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 31 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 18 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 26 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 30 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 2 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 60 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 2 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 25 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 2 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 20 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 81 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 73 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 46 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 57 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 67 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 4 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 69 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 33 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 47 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 52 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 31 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 46 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 3 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 47 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 7 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C64 BTWN 30 AND 40 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C65 BTWN 30 AND 40 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 38 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 1 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 1 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 27 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 4 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 16 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 2 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 14 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 5 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 3 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 9 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 2 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 6 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 5 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 5 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 7 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 1 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 3 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 1 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| C99 BTWN 80 AND 90 M S | 1 |
| CAR BU | 3 |
| CD NAME | Kamouraska |
| CROP | 2,743 |
| CULT | 4,108 |
| FC YRDS | 2,568 |
| FLAN YRDS | 2,062 |
| FLX LBS | 1,524 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,037 |
| GARDEN | 2 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| HELD | 10,015 |
| HORSE | 189 |
| IRE | 1 |
| LIN YRDS | 2,882 |
| LINE NO | 1,158 |
| M COWS | 358 |
| MPLS LBS | 6,362 |
| NOT FRN | 31 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 5 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 17 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 14 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 56 |
| O OVR 200 | 7 |
| O UNDR 10 | 4 |
| PASTURE | 1,363 |
| SHEEP | 1,055 |
| SWINE | 260 |
| TOT O | 103 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 63 |
| WOOD | 5,907 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC058010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC026009— 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. Hélène, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-h-l-ne-qc058010-1851/.