Longue Pointe, Quebec (1851 census)
Longue Pointe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,014. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6674375. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.596°N, 73.547°W.
Population
In 1851, Longue Pointe had a population of 1,014: 486 male and 528 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,014 |
| 1861 | 1,055 |
| 1871 | 1,011 |
| 1881 | 1,114 |
| 1891 | 2,445 |
| 1901 | 2,519 |
| 1911 | 5,531 |
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, Longue Pointe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,014 total population, 528 females, 486 males, Male members of the family who are present: 439, Female members of the family who are present: 432, 351 single females, 325 single males, 159 married females, 157 married males, 146 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 96, 51 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, 43 females attending school, 18 female births, 18 widowed females, 16 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 4 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 75 females aged 5 to 10, 74 single females aged 10 to 15, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 males aged 5 to 10, 53 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 single females aged 15 to 20, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 20 to 30, 41 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 40 to 50, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males under age 1, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 761 French Canadians, 130 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 85 persons originating in Ireland, 20 persons originating in Switzerland, 19 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 326,060 tons of hay, 27,246 pounds of homemade butter, 18,946 bushels of potatoes, 16,951 bushels of oats, 8,976 acres of land in farms, 7,161 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,556 bushels of wheat, 6,458 bushels of peas, 5,485 acres of farmland under crops, 3,358 bushels of carrots, 2,309 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,933 bushels of barley, 1,815 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,652 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,344 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,021 acres of oats, 858 pounds of maple sugar, 640 bushels of buckwheat, 600 milk cows, 597 acres of wheat, 594 acres of peas, 511 bushels of corn, 379 swine, 377 horses, 315 sheep, 275 pounds of wool produced on farms, 254 bushels of turnips, 246 calves and heifers, 229 acres of potatoes, 153 pounds of tobacco, 125 barrels of pork, 120 occupants of farms, 103 acres of barley, 75 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 acres of buckwheat, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 bulls, oxen, or steers, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 acres of corn, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 19 bushels of beans, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 261 yards of flannel, 221 yards of fulled cloth, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in grist mills, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, 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), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories 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 Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC168011_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6674375
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). "Longue Pointe, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/longue-pointe-qc065001-1851/.