Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1851 census)

Ile aux Coudres was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 719. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2720280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.399°N, 70.385°W.

Population

In 1851, Ile aux Coudres had a population of 719: 339 male and 380 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 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 719 total population, 380 females, 339 males, Female members of the family who are present: 337, Male members of the family who are present: 313, 261 single females, 224 single males, 119 families, 106 married males, 102 married females, 72 males attending school, 69 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, Male members of the family who are present: 20, 17 widowed females, 13 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 9 widowed males, 7 male births, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 48 females aged 5 to 10, 47 males aged 5 to 10, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 single males aged 10 to 15, 37 single females aged 10 to 15, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 20 to 30, 27 married males aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 females under age 1, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 males under age 1, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 714 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 97,514 tons of hay, 8,723 acres of land in farms, 8,681 bushels of potatoes, 5,645 bushels of oats, 5,210 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,638 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,151 bushels of barley, 3,513 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,387 pounds of homemade butter, 3,060 bushels of rye, 2,987 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,913 bushels of wheat, 2,657 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,553 acres of farmland under crops, 1,292 bushels of peas, 1,263 sheep, 1,254 pounds of maple sugar, 613 acres of wheat, 534 acres of rye, 482 acres of oats, 388 acres of peas, 365 acres of barley, 363 pounds of tobacco, 358 swine, 278 milk cows, 263 calves and heifers, 245 barrels of pork, 200 bulls, oxen, or steers, 188 horses, 123 acres of potatoes, 75 occupants of farms, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 barrels of beef, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,229 yards of linen, 2,526 yards of flannel, 2,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,579 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills powered by steam,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (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 39 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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: QC074004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048002_1851_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2720280
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres

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). "Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ile-aux-coudres-qc074004-1851/.