Nicolet, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)

Nicolet, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,095. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141595. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.212°N, 72.601°W.

Population

In 1851, Nicolet, T-V had a population of 3,095: 1,554 male and 1,541 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, Nicolet, T-V shared boundaries with:

• La Baie
• St. Grégoire
• Ste. Monique

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,095 total population, 1,554 males, 1,541 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,399, Female members of the family who are present: 1,354, 1,079 single males, 1,046 single females, 437 married females, 435 married males, 431 families, 215 females attending school, 199 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 187, Males present who are not members of the family: 155, 71 female births, 65 male births, 40 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 35, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 4 lunatic females, 3 blind males, 3 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 249 single males aged 10 to 15, 222 females aged 5 to 10, 218 males aged 5 to 10, 199 single males aged 15 to 20, 180 single females aged 10 to 15, 169 single females aged 15 to 20, 137 single males aged 20 to 30, 129 single females aged 20 to 30, 110 married females aged 30 to 40, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 106 married females aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 99 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 females aged 1 to 2, 69 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 females under age 1, 59 females age 3 to 4, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 59 males under age 1, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 married males aged 70 to 80, 26 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,897 French Canadians, 100 persons originating in all other places, 98 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital,   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 distilleries,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   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 daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (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.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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, 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 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 females aged 10 to 15: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, 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 males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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: QC066008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141595
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolet,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolet

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). "Nicolet, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nicolet-t-v-qc066008-1851/.