Lotbinière, Quebec (1851 census)
Lotbinière was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,578. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139541242. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.516°N, 71.808°W.
Population
In 1851, Lotbinière had a population of 3,578: 1,796 male and 1,782 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,578 |
| 1861 | 3,980 |
| 1871 | 2,129 |
| 1881 | 2,010 |
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, Lotbinière shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 214 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,578 total population, 1,796 males, 1,782 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,673, Female members of the family who are present: 1,640, 1,227 single males, 1,199 single females, 513 married females, 509 families, 508 married males, 280 males attending school, 247 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 142, Males present who are not members of the family: 123, 92 male births, 70 widowed females, 61 female births, 61 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 56, Female members of the family who are absent: 29, 10 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 268 males aged 5 to 10, 247 females aged 5 to 10, 207 single males aged 10 to 15, 206 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single females aged 15 to 20, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 162 married males aged 30 to 40, 152 single males aged 20 to 30, 141 single females aged 20 to 30, 138 married females aged 20 to 30, 138 married females aged 40 to 50, 136 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 males under age 1, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 females aged 1 to 2, 73 males aged 1 to 2, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 72 males aged 3 to 4, 72 males aged 4 to 5, 68 females aged 2 to 3, 64 females under age 1, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females age 3 to 4, 43 single females aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,530 French Canadians, 21 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 552,828 tons of hay, 59,365 pounds of homemade butter, 55,430 bushels of oats, 40,270 acres of land in farms, 33,466 pounds of maple sugar, 20,938 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,332 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,797 bushels of wheat, 11,436 acres of farmland under crops, 8,894 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,676 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,703 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,361 sheep, 3,757 acres of oats, 1,943 acres of wheat, 1,696 bushels of buckwheat, 1,610 bushels of peas, 1,422 bushels of potatoes, 1,391 swine, 1,374 milk cows, 1,228 calves and heifers, 1,148 pounds of tobacco, 732 horses, 644 barrels of pork, 469 bushels of turnips, 446 occupants of farms, 440 bushels of corn, 432 bulls, oxen, or steers, 415 acres of peas, 381 bushels of barley, 313 acres of buckwheat, 235 acres of potatoes, 204 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 193 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 124 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 120 bushels of rye, 92 acres of barley, 85 barrels of beef, 57 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 42 acres of corn, 37 bushels of beans, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 acres of rye, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 bushels of carrots, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 70,000 saw mill plants, 10,977 yards of linen, 4,880 yards of flannel, 4,778 yards of fulled cloth, $1,580 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 350 foundries returning capital, $150 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), $60 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 39 employees in saw mills, $15 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in foundries, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 400 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 46 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC061007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC049003_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q139541242
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). "Lotbinière, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lotbini-re-qc061007-1851/.