Ste. Ursule, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Ursule was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,048. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.330°N, 73.080°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Ursule had a population of 2,048: 1,042 male and 1,006 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. Ursule shared boundaries with:

• Hunterstown
• Maskinongé
• Rivière du Loup
• St. Didace
• St. Léon
• St. Paulin

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,048 total population, 1,042 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,021, 1,006 females, Female members of the family who are present: 982, 712 single males, 661 single females, 316 families, 310 married females, 309 married males, Male members of the family who are present: 62, 56 females attending school, 54 males attending school, 42 male births, 38 female births, 35 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, Males present who are not members of the family: 21, 21 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 159 females aged 5 to 10, 155 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 single females aged 15 to 20, 87 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 61 married males aged 40 to 50, 50 males under age 1, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 females under age 1, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,959 French Canadians, 85 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 23,500 tons of hay, 20,964 acres of land in farms, 11,410 pounds of maple sugar, 11,121 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,843 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,426 bushels of wheat, 5,781 bushels of oats, 5,335 acres of farmland under crops, 4,430 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,971 bushels of buckwheat, 1,933 bushels of rye, 1,273 pounds of homemade butter, 1,251 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,102 acres of wheat, 1,078 bushels of potatoes, 832 bushels of peas, 502 acres of oats, 453 pounds of wool produced on farms, 431 bushels of barley, 297 pounds of tobacco, 280 occupants of farms, 251 sheep, 232 swine, 228 acres of rye, 180 acres of buckwheat, 180 milk cows, 151 acres of peas, 117 horses, 115 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bulls, oxen, or steers, 80 calves and heifers, 78 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 68 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 barrels of pork, 31 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of barley, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 bushels of corn, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,350 yards of linen, $650 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 432 yards of flannel, 398 yards of fulled cloth, $187 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $55 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value capital returned by grist 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 day by grist mills reporting daily production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC073011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913132

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. Ursule, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ursule-qc073011-1851/.