Malbaie, Quebec (1851 census)
Malbaie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 780. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.625°N, 64.344°W.
Population
In 1851, Malbaie had a population of 780: 396 male and 384 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 780 |
| 1861 | 1,077 |
| 1871 | 1,387 |
| 1881 | 1,545 |
| 1891 | 1,827 |
| 1901 | 1,993 |
| 1911 | — |
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, Malbaie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 780 total population, 396 males, 384 females, Female members of the family who are present: 337, Male members of the family who are present: 331, 280 single males, 265 single females, 132 families, 109 married females, 109 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, Females present who are not members of the family: 47, 26 males attending school, 22 females attending school, 20 female births, 13 male births, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 64 females aged 5 to 10, 57 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 males aged 5 to 10, 44 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 35 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 30 to 40, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 males under age 1, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 376 French Canadians, 315 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11 persons originating in Ireland, 10 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 10 persons originating in Guernsey, 45 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 7,156 acres of land in farms, 6,349 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,619 bushels of potatoes, 2,930 pounds of homemade butter, 807 acres of farmland under cultivation, 533 acres of farmland under crops, 501 tons of hay, 318 bushels of oats, 308 pounds of wool produced on farms, 292 bushels of turnips, 242 acres of farmland in pasture, 189 swine, 167 sheep, 131 bushels of barley, 118 milk cows, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 109 occupants of farms, 79 acres of potatoes, 65 calves and heifers, 48 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 36 horses, 34 barrels of beef, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 27 acres of oats, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 barrels of pork, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 9 acres of turnips, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of wheat, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of carrots, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 pounds of hops, 1 acres of rye, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 32 yards of flannel, 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 annual production, 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, 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:
QC056004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC159018— 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). "Malbaie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/malbaie-qc056004-1851/.