Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)

Montmagny, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,221. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.

Population

In 1851, Montmagny, T-V had a population of 1,221: 590 male and 631 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, Montmagny, T-V shared boundaries with:

• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,221 total population, 631 females, 590 males, Female members of the family who are present: 568, Male members of the family who are present: 525, 402 single females, 383 single males, 232 families, 197 married females, 194 married males, 87 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, 56 females attending school, 32 female births, 32 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 29, 24 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 78 females aged 5 to 10, 75 males aged 5 to 10, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 54 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 females under age 1, 29 males under age 1, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 19 females age 3 to 4, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,189 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 32,984 bushels of oats, 26,777 bushels of potatoes, 10,810 pounds of homemade butter, 2,885 bushels of peas, 2,364 acres of oats, 633 acres of land in farms, 559 bushels of wheat, 556 acres of farmland under cultivation, 545 pounds of wool produced on farms, 413 acres of peas, 343 acres of potatoes, 340 acres of farmland in pasture, 262 tons of hay, 206 occupants of farms, 197 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 177 milk cows, 173 barrels of pork, 172 swine, 170 sheep, 163 acres of farmland under crops, 158 bushels of corn, 91 horses, 77 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 65 calves and heifers, 59 acres of wheat, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 bushels of turnips, 40 bulls, oxen, or steers, 31 bushels of barley, 24 bushels of beans, 20 acres of corn, 17 barrels of beef, 13 pounds of flax or hemp, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 450,000 saw mill plants, $4,112 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $850 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 350 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 347 yards of flannel, 334 yards of fulled cloth, 70 yards of linen, 25 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills not reporting, 6 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, 1 grist mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 100 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 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: QC060001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074014_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141946
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-t-v-qc060001-1851/.