Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

Fraserville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,000. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.841°N, 69.542°W.

Population

In 1851, Fraserville, Town—Ville had a population of 1,000: 487 male and 513 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, Fraserville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Rivière du Loup

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,000 total population, 513 females, 487 males, Female members of the family who are present: 443, Male members of the family who are present: 406, 358 single females, 335 single males, 149 families, 143 married males, 139 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 90, Males present who are not members of the family: 81, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, 53 males attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 37, 37 females attending school, 24 male births, 23 female births, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 78 females aged 5 to 10, 74 single males aged 15 to 20, 73 single females aged 15 to 20, 61 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 males aged 5 to 10, 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 males under age 1, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 22 females under age 1, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 874 French Canadians, 71 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 40,129 tons of hay, 5,815 pounds of homemade butter, 3,739 bushels of oats, 3,380 acres of land in farms, 2,060 bushels of potatoes, 1,974 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,406 acres of farmland under cultivation, 887 pounds of wool produced on farms, 801 acres of farmland in pasture, 566 acres of farmland under crops, 347 sheep, 332 bushels of wheat, 301 pounds of flax or hemp, 293 bushels of peas, 230 bushels of barley, 197 acres of oats, 173 swine, 139 horses, 136 milk cows, 109 barrels of pork, 81 acres of wheat, 50 occupants of farms, 49 calves and heifers, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 38 acres of potatoes, 37 barrels of beef, 35 acres of peas, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 bushels of rye, 22 acres of barley, 22 bulls, oxen, or steers, 18 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 18 pounds of tobacco, 12 bushels of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 5 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 540 yards of fulled cloth, 422 yards of flannel, 316 yards of linen, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting,   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 carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   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,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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 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 year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 20 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC071002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142024
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup

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). "Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fraserville-town-ville-qc071002-1851/.