Nouvelle, Shoolbred, Quebec (1851 census)
Nouvelle, Shoolbred was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,309. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.164°N, 66.400°W.
Population
In 1851, Nouvelle, Shoolbred had a population of 1,309: 692 male and 617 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,309 |
| 1861 | 1,561 |
| 1871 | 1,650 |
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, Nouvelle, Shoolbred shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,309 total population, 692 males, Male members of the family who are present: 666, 617 females, Female members of the family who are present: 593, 483 single males, 410 single females, 239 males attending school, 211 females attending school, 209 families, 193 married males, 192 married females, 29 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 22 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 16 widowed males, 15 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 109 males aged 5 to 10, 95 single males aged 10 to 15, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 76 single females aged 10 to 15, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married females aged 20 to 30, 57 married females aged 30 to 40, 57 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 44 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 females under age 1, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 males under age 1, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 607 French Canadians, 444 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 89 persons originating in Scotland, 83 persons originating in Ireland, 41 persons originating in New Brunswick, 32 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 21 Indigenous persons, 11 male negroes or coloured persons, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 18,186 acres of land in farms, 15,585 bushels of potatoes, 15,215 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,828 pounds of homemade butter, 9,913 bushels of oats, 3,186 bushels of turnips, 2,993 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,971 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,347 bushels of wheat, 2,209 bushels of barley, 1,527 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,444 acres of farmland under crops, 1,257 sheep, 947 acres of oats, 767 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 727 tons of hay, 374 milk cows, 317 swine, 305 calves and heifers, 260 acres of potatoes, 245 bulls, oxen, or steers, 230 pounds of flax or hemp, 223 acres of wheat, 223 bushels of peas, 192 occupants of farms, 173 horses, 164 acres of barley, 163 barrels of pork, 131 barrels of beef, 121 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 94 acres of peas, 52 bushels of rye, 39 acres of turnips, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,731 yards of flannel, 581 yards of fulled cloth, 141 yards of linen, 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, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in woollen factories, 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 daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169008— 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). "Nouvelle, Shoolbred, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nouvelle-shoolbred-qc051008-1851/.