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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q785145

Ste. Victoire, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Victoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,100. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q785145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.951°N, 73.045°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Victoire had a population of 2,100: 1,058 male and 1,042 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. Victoire shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,100 total population, 1,058 males, 1,042 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,035, Female members of the family who are present: 1,002, 707 single males, 679 single females, 340 families, 337 married males, 333 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 123, 95 females attending school, 92 males attending school, 46 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 44, Females present who are not members of the family: 40, 37 female births, 30 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 23, 14 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 176 males aged 5 to 10, 162 single females aged 10 to 15, 153 females aged 5 to 10, 128 married females aged 20 to 30, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 single males aged 15 to 20, 94 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 single females aged 15 to 20, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 71 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 males under age 1, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 45 females under age 1, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 females of unknown age, 10 males of unknown age, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 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 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,088 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 165,805 tons of hay, 17,684 acres of land in farms, 15,888 bushels of oats, 9,998 bushels of wheat, 9,427 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,524 pounds of homemade butter, 8,257 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,344 acres of farmland under crops, 4,207 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,018 bushels of potatoes, 3,299 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,684 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,912 sheep, 1,882 bushels of buckwheat, 1,644 acres of oats, 1,642 acres of wheat, 1,102 bushels of peas, 887 pounds of maple sugar, 878 pounds of tobacco, 836 bushels of corn, 717 swine, 714 milk cows, 524 horses, 488 bushels of turnips, 458 barrels of beef, 432 calves and heifers, 403 barrels of pork, 372 acres of buckwheat, 294 bushels of rye, 249 occupants of farms, 229 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 224 bulls, oxen, or steers, 211 acres of peas, 139 acres of corn, 104 acres of potatoes, 101 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 73 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 70 bushels of beans, 43 acres of rye, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of carrots, 22 bushels of barley, 20 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 5 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,482 yards of linen, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 3,600, 2,810 yards of fulled cloth, 2,027 yards of flannel, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. $250 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 29 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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. Victoire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-victoire-qc070005-1851/.