Ste. Marie, Quebec (1851 census)
Ste. Marie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,028. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141420. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.421°N, 73.141°W.
Population
In 1851, Ste. Marie had a population of 4,028: 2,049 male and 1,979 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 Marieville, College and Convent, 1861 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Ste. Marie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 210 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,028 total population, 2,049 males, 1,979 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,899, Female members of the family who are present: 1,821, 1,362 single males, 1,256 single females, 681 families, 649 married females, 644 married males, 276 males attending school, 199 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 158, Males present who are not members of the family: 150, 94 male births, 84 female births, 74 widowed females, 43 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 10 lunatic males, 5 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 312 males aged 5 to 10, 302 females aged 5 to 10, 270 single males aged 10 to 15, 260 single females aged 10 to 15, 222 single males aged 15 to 20, 197 single females aged 15 to 20, 196 married females aged 20 to 30, 169 married females aged 30 to 40, 164 married males aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 40 to 50, 148 married males aged 30 to 40, 121 single males aged 20 to 30, 118 married females aged 40 to 50, 102 males under age 1, 102 married males aged 50 to 60, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 females under age 1, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 83 married females aged 50 to 60, 79 males aged 2 to 3, 74 females age 3 to 4, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 71 females aged 4 to 5, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 69 males aged 4 to 5, 61 females aged 2 to 3, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 34 married females aged 15 to 20, 26 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,954 French Canadians, 47 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Austria or Hungary — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 738,965 tons of hay, 34,227 bushels of wheat, 33,924 bushels of oats, 31,982 pounds of homemade butter, 30,305 acres of land in farms, 22,867 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,290 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,557 bushels of peas, 9,418 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,321 acres of farmland under crops, 8,519 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,486 pounds of maple sugar, 7,438 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,184 bushels of potatoes, 4,877 acres of wheat, 4,053 sheep, 3,632 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3,466 bushels of barley, 3,267 pounds of tobacco, 2,239 acres of oats, 1,787 swine, 1,781 milk cows, 1,473 acres of peas, 1,463 horses, 1,443 bushels of corn, 947 calves and heifers, 772 barrels of pork, 671 bushels of buckwheat, 517 occupants of farms, 458 bushels of turnips, 395 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 357 bulls, oxen, or steers, 309 acres of barley, 256 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 248 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 216 acres of potatoes, 125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 120 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 113 acres of corn, 90 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 89 acres of buckwheat, 89 bushels of beans, 75 bushels of carrots, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 barrels of beef, 14 bushels of rye, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,224 yards of fulled cloth, 3,869 yards of linen, 3,501 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 tanneries, 3 tanneries not reporting, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills 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 carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, 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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 9,122 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 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cyrille Delagrave | 1812–1877 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC072004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC072004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141420
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marieville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marieville
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. Marie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marie-qc072004-1851/.