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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q340

Montréal, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)

Montréal, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,943. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.493°N, 73.605°W.

Population

In 1851, Montréal, Parish had a population of 3,943: 1,997 male and 1,946 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,943
18616,385

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, Montréal, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 211 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,943 total population, 1,997 males, 1,946 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,699, Female members of the family who are present: 1,691, 1,361 single males, 1,264 single females, 645 families, 595 married females, 595 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 298, Females present who are not members of the family: 255, 241 males attending school, 208 females attending school, 87 widowed females, 77 male births, 61 female births, 41 widowed males, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 245 females aged 5 to 10, 241 males aged 5 to 10, 238 single females aged 15 to 20, 222 single females aged 10 to 15, 215 single males aged 10 to 15, 213 single males aged 15 to 20, 207 single males aged 20 to 30, 202 married males aged 30 to 40, 196 married females aged 20 to 30, 179 single females aged 20 to 30, 174 married females aged 30 to 40, 128 married males aged 40 to 50, 125 married females aged 40 to 50, 125 married males aged 20 to 30, 106 males aged 1 to 2, 93 males under age 1, 92 females aged 1 to 2, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 females under age 1, 62 males aged 3 to 4, 62 single males aged 30 to 40, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 55 females age 3 to 4, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 47 females aged 4 to 5, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 40 to 50, 26 single females aged 30 to 40, 26 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 single males aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 666 French Canadians, 151 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 129 persons originating in Ireland, 26 persons originating in Scotland, 18 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 Indigenous males, 1 male negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 664,675 tons of hay, 72,795 bushels of potatoes, 72,645 pounds of homemade butter, 40,595 bushels of oats, 21,206 acres of land in farms, 16,170 bushels of wheat, 16,158 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,297 acres of farmland under crops, 11,164 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 9,870 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,620 bushels of peas, 5,417 bushels of barley, 5,048 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,700 bushels of carrots, 4,100 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,560 bushels of turnips, 2,909 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,101 acres of oats, 1,672 milk cows, 1,586 pounds of tobacco, 1,444 acres of wheat, 1,410 bushels of corn, 1,252 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,199 swine, 1,196 bushels of buckwheat, 1,151 horses, 1,006 gallons of cider, 952 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 864 acres of potatoes, 694 barrels of pork, 550 pounds of maple sugar, 456 acres of peas, 428 calves and heifers, 417 sheep, 359 occupants of farms, 279 acres of barley, 151 bulls, oxen, or steers, 133 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 126 bushels of beans, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 71 barrels of beef, 70 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 acres of buckwheat, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 acres of corn, 23 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 15,064 tanneries reporting, 164 yards of linen, 128 yards of flannel, 120 yards of fulled cloth, 21 tanneries returning capital, 18 employees in distilleries,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist 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 mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 17 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 44 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, 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 aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

NameLifespanConnection
Michel Bibaud1782–1857born here
William Evans1786–1857died here
Alexander McGibbon1829–1904born here
Arthur Buies1840–1901born here
Louis Jobin1845–1928born here

Identifiers

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). "Montréal, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-parish-qc065011-1851/.