Les Eboulements, Quebec (1851 census)

Les Eboulements was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,107. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3236497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.511°N, 70.332°W.

Population

In 1851, Les Eboulements had a population of 2,107: 1,054 male and 1,053 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, Les Eboulements shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• St. Hilarion
• St. Irénée

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,107 total population, 1,054 males, 1,053 females, Male members of the family who are present: 988, Female members of the family who are present: 957, 713 single males, 691 single females, 339 families, 325 married females, 325 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 96, 78 female births, 75 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 64 male births, 57 females attending school, 37 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 26, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 16 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 154 males aged 5 to 10, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 125 single males aged 10 to 15, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 120 single females aged 15 to 20, 119 single females aged 10 to 15, 102 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 females under age 1, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 67 males under age 1, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 single males aged 20 to 30, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 30 married females aged 15 to 20, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,091 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 Indigenous females, 2 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 191,780 tons of hay, 31,276 acres of land in farms, 17,539 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,737 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,919 bushels of oats, 12,285 pounds of homemade butter, 11,957 bushels of potatoes, 10,898 bushels of wheat, 8,435 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,967 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,151 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,586 acres of farmland under crops, 4,887 bushels of barley, 3,825 bushels of peas, 3,145 sheep, 3,103 acres of wheat, 2,971 bushels of rye, 2,457 pounds of maple sugar, 1,913 acres of rye, 1,403 acres of oats, 913 milk cows, 797 bulls, oxen, or steers, 678 swine, 578 acres of peas, 546 acres of barley, 494 barrels of pork, 489 calves and heifers, 453 horses, 317 bushels of buckwheat, 246 acres of potatoes, 246 occupants of farms, 229 pounds of tobacco, 83 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 76 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 acres of buckwheat, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 barrels of beef, 8 bushels of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,631 yards of linen, 7,138 yards of fulled cloth, 3,352 yards of flannel, $1,100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 162 employees in saw mills, 128 saw mill plants, 55 saw mills not reporting, 19 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, $15 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 6, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills returning capital, $3 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $3 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 3 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC074005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3236497
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements

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). "Les Eboulements, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/les-eboulements-qc074005-1851/.