Percé, Quebec (1851 census)

Percé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,160. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139032279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.486°N, 64.361°W.

Population

In 1851, Percé had a population of 2,160: 1,157 male and 1,003 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, Percé shared boundaries with:

• Grande Rivière
• Malbaie
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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 2,160 total population, 1,157 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,023, 1,003 females, Female members of the family who are present: 911, 822 single males, 649 single females, 332 married females, 306 married males, 302 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 134, Females present who are not members of the family: 92, 54 males attending school, 34 females attending school, 29 widowed males, 28 female births, 22 widowed females, 20 male births, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 males aged 5 to 10, 151 females aged 5 to 10, 148 single males aged 10 to 15, 144 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 single females aged 10 to 15, 110 married females aged 20 to 30, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 106 single females aged 15 to 20, 99 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 38 females aged 4 to 5, 36 females age 3 to 4, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 31 single males aged 40 to 50, 30 females under age 1, 22 males under age 1, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,271 French Canadians, 686 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 96 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons whose origin is unknown, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 10 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 15 persons originating in Guernsey, 26 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,786 acres of land in farms, 16,016 pounds of homemade butter, 14,222 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,900 bushels of potatoes, 2,564 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,460 bushels of turnips, 1,770 bushels of barley, 1,731 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,684 bushels of oats, 1,576 tons of hay, 1,178 pounds of wool produced on farms, 833 acres of farmland under crops, 547 sheep, 463 swine, 371 milk cows, 284 occupants of farms, 276 acres of barley, 263 bushels of wheat, 244 bulls, oxen, or steers, 226 calves and heifers, 216 acres of oats, 216 barrels of beef, 192 horses, 166 acres of potatoes, 126 barrels of pork, 122 acres of wheat, 112 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 47 acres of turnips, 36 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of peas, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of peas, 1 acres of rye, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $40 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: QC056003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139032279

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). "Percé, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/perc-qc056003-1851/.