Ste. Thérèse, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Thérèse, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,899. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.658°N, 73.857°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Thérèse, Parish had a population of 1,899: 932 male and 967 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Thérèse, Parish shared boundaries with:

• St. Augustin
• St. Eustache, Parish
• St. Janvier
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Thérèse, Village
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 201 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,899 total population, 967 females, 932 males, Female members of the family who are present: 911, Male members of the family who are present: 884, 634 single females, 630 single males, 300 families, 288 married females, 288 married males, 95 males attending school, 92 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 48, 45 widowed females, 41 female births, 36 male births, 14 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 153 males aged 5 to 10, 127 single females aged 10 to 15, 121 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 females aged 5 to 10, 102 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 51 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 females under age 1, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 males under age 1, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females age 3 to 4, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,784 French Canadians, 80 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 18 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 314,050 tons of hay, 31,044 bushels of oats, 26,535 pounds of homemade butter, 18,416 bushels of potatoes, 18,381 acres of land in farms, 17,011 pounds of maple sugar, 12,343 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,861 bushels of wheat, 7,736 acres of farmland under crops, 6,038 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,784 bushels of peas, 4,576 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,422 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,296 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,292 bushels of barley, 2,196 pounds of tobacco, 2,057 acres of oats, 1,904 sheep, 1,445 bushels of buckwheat, 1,322 acres of wheat, 935 bushels of rye, 915 bushels of corn, 895 milk cows, 847 swine, 700 bushels of carrots, 594 acres of peas, 590 horses, 392 calves and heifers, 380 acres of potatoes, 335 bulls, oxen, or steers, 206 barrels of pork, 153 occupants of farms, 150 acres of buckwheat, 145 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 136 acres of barley, 122 acres of rye, 84 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 49 acres of corn, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 barrels of beef, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,296 yards of flannel, 2,005 yards of fulled cloth, 1,935 yards of linen, $285 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills powered by steam, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   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 distilleries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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 saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 50 to 60: 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 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se

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. Thérèse, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-th-r-se-parish-qc079001-1851/.