Isle Bizard, Quebec (1851 census)

Isle Bizard was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.494°N, 73.897°W.

Population

In 1851, Isle Bizard had a population of 950: 482 male and 468 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 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 950 total population, 482 males, 468 females, Male members of the family who are present: 463, Female members of the family who are present: 448, 328 single males, 300 single females, 153 families, 152 married females, 149 married males, 71 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 60, 60 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 20 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 17 female births, 16 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 12, 5 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 82 males aged 5 to 10, 80 females aged 5 to 10, 64 single males aged 10 to 15, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 48 single males aged 15 to 20, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 28 males under age 1, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 25 single males aged 20 to 30, 22 females age 3 to 4, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 19 females under age 1, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 948 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 59,850 tons of hay, 22,752 bushels of potatoes, 12,495 bushels of oats, 6,686 bushels of wheat, 6,307 acres of land in farms, 5,350 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,023 pounds of homemade butter, 3,984 bushels of peas, 2,789 acres of farmland under crops, 2,624 bushels of buckwheat, 2,544 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,075 pounds of tobacco, 1,380 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,022 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 968 bushels of barley, 957 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 930 pounds of maple sugar, 841 acres of wheat, 801 bushels of corn, 773 acres of oats, 692 sheep, 399 swine, 348 pounds of flax or hemp, 310 milk cows, 306 acres of potatoes, 281 horses, 258 acres of peas, 216 calves and heifers, 193 acres of buckwheat, 176 bulls, oxen, or steers, 118 barrels of pork, 81 occupants of farms, 69 acres of barley, 60 bushels of beans, 48 acres of corn, 47 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 barrels of beef, 17 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 497' bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 991 yards of fulled cloth, 638 yards of flannel, 79 yards of linen, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   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 saw mills (pounds sterling). 530 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC080007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC108009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Isle Bizard, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-bizard-qc080007-1851/.