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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3464341

Ste. Marguerite, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Marguerite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,392. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.522°N, 70.948°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Marguerite had a population of 2,392: 1,217 male and 1,175 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. Marguerite shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,392 total population, 1,217 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,185, 1,175 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,143, 825 single males, 782 single females, 370 families, 369 married males, 367 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 63, 46 female births, 46 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 32, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 30 males attending school, 26 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 22 females attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 203 males aged 5 to 10, 183 females aged 5 to 10, 159 single females aged 10 to 15, 152 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 single females aged 15 to 20, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 105 married females aged 20 to 30, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 51 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females under age 1, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 47 males under age 1, 46 females age 3 to 4, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 females of unknown age, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,148 French Canadians, 159 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 70 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 318,541 tons of hay, 40,978 pounds of homemade butter, 32,072 bushels of oats, 29,884 pounds of maple sugar, 28,545 acres of land in farms, 16,981 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,692 bushels of potatoes, 11,564 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,270 acres of farmland under crops, 5,683 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,293 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,504 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,421 bushels of wheat, 2,633 acres of oats, 1,990 sheep, 1,880 bushels of peas, 1,001 milk cows, 913 swine, 844 bushels of rye, 827 bushels of barley, 755 calves and heifers, 531 bulls, oxen, or steers, 517 barrels of pork, 506 acres of wheat, 403 horses, 352 acres of peas, 328 occupants of farms, 240 pounds of tobacco, 191 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 185 acres of potatoes, 101 bushels of buckwheat, 84 acres of rye, 81 acres of barley, 67 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 barrels of beef, 16 acres of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,058 yards of linen, 2,849 yards of flannel, 2,102 yards of fulled cloth, $290 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $275 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 15 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills not reporting, 8 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   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 mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   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 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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 48 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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. Marguerite, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marguerite-qc054010-1851/.