Calumet Island, Quebec (1851 census)

Calumet Island was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 783. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3205666. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.739°N, 76.685°W.

Population

In 1851, Calumet Island had a population of 783: 425 male and 358 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).

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 783 total population, 425 males, 358 females, Male members of the family who are present: 357, Female members of the family who are present: 318, 304 single males, 237 single females, 132 families, 121 married females, 121 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 68, Females present who are not members of the family: 40, 26 male births, 23 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 16, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 2 males attending school, 1 females attending school. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 66 females aged 5 to 10, 60 males aged 5 to 10, 48 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 males under age 1, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 23 females under age 1, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 16 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 355 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 297 French Canadians, 124 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 29,212 bushels of oats, 9,854 acres of land in farms, 8,485 bushels of potatoes, 7,494 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,392 pounds of homemade butter, 3,593 pounds of maple sugar, 2,423 bushels of wheat, 2,360 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,724 acres of farmland under crops, 1,289 bushels of peas, 611 acres of farmland in pasture, 584 acres of oats, 482 tons of hay, 331 acres of wheat, 330 bushels of rye, 314 pounds of wool produced on farms, 275 swine, 263 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 197 milk cows, 181 pounds of tobacco, 175 barrels of pork, 175 bushels of barley, 170 sheep, 161 bushels of turnips, 156 bushels of corn, 127 acres of peas, 123 bulls, oxen, or steers, 120 calves and heifers, 100 horses, 94 occupants of farms, 82 barrels of beef, 80 acres of potatoes, 53 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 32 acres of rye, 25 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 acres of barley, 17 bushels of beans, 16 acres of corn, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 pounds of hops, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 339 yards of flannel, 28 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills,   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 reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily 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,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC067005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3205666
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet

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). "Calumet Island, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/calumet-island-qc067005-1851/.