Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1851 census)

Laprairie, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 73.489°W.

Population

In 1851, Laprairie, Village had a population of 1,757: 814 male and 943 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, Laprairie, Village shared boundaries with:

• Laprairie

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,757 total population, 943 females, Female members of the family who are present: 868, 814 males, Male members of the family who are present: 754, 625 single females, 515 single males, 342 families, 274 married males, 261 married females, 94 males attending school, 92 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 75, Males present who are not members of the family: 60, 57 widowed females, 34 male births, 32 female births, 25 widowed males, 2 blind males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 137 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 118 males aged 5 to 10, 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 105 single females aged 15 to 20, 87 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 single males aged 15 to 20, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 61 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 38 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 females under age 1, 36 males under age 1, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,552 French Canadians, 100 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 42 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 18 persons originating in Scotland, 18 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 58,100 tons of hay, 1,840 bushels of oats, 1,496 acres of land in farms, 1,055 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,000 acres of farmland under crops, 441 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 415 bushels of potatoes, 349 bushels of wheat, 208 bushels of peas, 158 pounds of homemade butter, 140 acres of oats, 84 bushels of buckwheat, 55 acres of farmland in pasture, 52 horses, 50 gallons of cider, 50 pounds of wool produced on farms, 33 acres of wheat, 28 milk cows, 20 acres of peas, 20 bushels of barley, 18 sheep, 16 swine, 12 occupants of farms, 10 acres of potatoes, 8 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 calves and heifers, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 60 yards of fulled cloth,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC057002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064008 — 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). "Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/laprairie-village-qc057002-1851/.