La Pointe Claire, Quebec (1851 census)
La Pointe Claire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,545. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142271. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.451°N, 73.831°W.
Population
In 1851, La Pointe Claire had a population of 1,545: 782 male and 763 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,545 |
| 1861 | 1,785 |
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, La Pointe Claire shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,545 total population, 782 males, 763 females, Male members of the family who are present: 731, Female members of the family who are present: 686, 537 single males, 513 single females, 249 families, 232 married females, 229 married males, 107 females attending school, 101 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 77, 57 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 51, 40 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 18 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 16 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 117 males aged 5 to 10, 101 single females aged 10 to 15, 89 females aged 5 to 10, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 88 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 60 single males aged 20 to 30, 57 males under age 1, 57 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 married females aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 females under age 1, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,530 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 212,000 tons of hay, 44,200 pounds of homemade butter, 26,416 bushels of oats, 17,485 bushels of potatoes, 12,879 bushels of wheat, 12,604 acres of land in farms, 11,427 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,527 bushels of peas, 7,723 acres of farmland under crops, 3,552 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,390 pounds of tobacco, 3,230 pounds of maple sugar, 2,492 bushels of barley, 2,058 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,543 bushels of buckwheat, 1,526 acres of oats, 1,243 sheep, 1,240 acres of wheat, 1,177 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 953 bushels of corn, 850 acres of peas, 704 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 678 milk cows, 647 swine, 526 horses, 448 bulls, oxen, or steers, 419 calves and heifers, 300 barrels of pork, 208 acres of buckwheat, 196 acres of potatoes, 152 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 138 acres of barley, 136 bushels of beans, 122 occupants of farms, 70 acres of corn, 62 barrels of beef, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 bushels of carrots, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 bushels of turnips, 30 gallons of cider, 10 pounds of flax or hemp, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,572 yards of fulled cloth, 1,456 yards of flannel, $150 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 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, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 300 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC024003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142271
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-Claire
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-Claire
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). "La Pointe Claire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-pointe-claire-qc065008-1851/.