Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Quebec (1851 census)

Notre-Dame de la Victoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,415. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462144. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.775°N, 71.171°W.

Population

In 1851, Notre-Dame de la Victoire had a population of 4,415: 2,193 male and 2,222 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, Notre-Dame de la Victoire shared boundaries with:

• St. Henri
• St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 233 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,415 total population, 2,222 females, 2,193 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,974, Male members of the family who are present: 1,961, 1,452 single males, 1,420 single females, 694 married males, 690 married females, 654 families, 291 males attending school, 253 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 248, Males present who are not members of the family: 232, 112 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 107, 90 male births, 82 female births, 47 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 35, 7 lunatic males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 306 males aged 5 to 10, 305 females aged 5 to 10, 268 married females aged 20 to 30, 247 single females aged 15 to 20, 227 single females aged 10 to 15, 227 single males aged 10 to 15, 215 married males aged 30 to 40, 215 single males aged 15 to 20, 205 married females aged 30 to 40, 205 married males aged 20 to 30, 197 single males aged 20 to 30, 178 single females aged 20 to 30, 151 married males aged 40 to 50, 117 males aged 1 to 2, 114 married females aged 40 to 50, 95 males under age 1, 93 females aged 1 to 2, 88 females under age 1, 84 females aged 2 to 3, 79 males aged 2 to 3, 78 males aged 3 to 4, 77 males aged 4 to 5, 76 females aged 4 to 5, 73 females age 3 to 4, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 single males aged 30 to 40, 31 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 29 single females aged 30 to 40, 25 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,973 French Canadians, 241 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 120 persons originating in Ireland, 46 persons originating in England or Wales, 14 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 1 Indigenous males, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 304,800 tons of hay, 39,714 bushels of oats, 35,620 pounds of homemade butter, 14,563 acres of land in farms, 10,412 bushels of potatoes, 9,091 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,800 acres of farmland under crops, 5,472 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,505 bushels of wheat, 3,271 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,709 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,242 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,850 pounds of maple sugar, 1,758 acres of oats, 1,369 bushels of peas, 1,015 sheep, 621 milk cows, 482 swine, 362 acres of wheat, 328 barrels of pork, 306 bulls, oxen, or steers, 286 horses, 221 calves and heifers, 205 acres of peas, 155 bushels of turnips, 155 occupants of farms, 124 acres of potatoes, 123 bushels of rye, 55 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 barrels of beef, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 bushels of carrots, 13 acres of rye, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 bushels of barley, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,626 yards of linen, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,981 yards of flannel, 1,721 yards of fulled cloth, 150 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 50 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 not reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   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 production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 121 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 67, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 54, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 6, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, 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 males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: QC054002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462144

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). "Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-de-la-victoire-qc054002-1851/.