Port Daniel, Quebec (1851 census)
Port Daniel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 826. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.223°N, 64.974°W.
Population
In 1851, Port Daniel had a population of 826: 426 male and 400 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 826 |
| 1861 | 1,155 |
| 1871 | 1,370 |
| 1881 | 1,670 |
| 1901 | 2,509 |
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, Port Daniel shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 826 total population, 426 males, Male members of the family who are present: 407, 400 females, Female members of the family who are present: 381, 305 single males, 269 single females, 131 families, 119 married females, 118 married males, 39 males attending school, 36 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 15 female births, 14 male births, 12 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 8, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 71 females aged 5 to 10, 69 males aged 5 to 10, 63 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 married females aged 20 to 30, 49 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 34 married males aged 30 to 40, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females under age 1, 16 males under age 1, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 females age 3 to 4, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 males of unknown age, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 368 French Canadians, 359 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 27 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 25 persons originating in Scotland, 9 Indigenous persons, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,414 acres of land in farms, 10,221 bushels of potatoes, 9,125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,376 bushels of oats, 5,857 pounds of homemade butter, 4,380 pounds of maple sugar, 1,916 bushels of wheat, 1,625 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,289 acres of farmland under cultivation, 963 acres of farmland under crops, 931 bushels of turnips, 696 sheep, 633 bushels of barley, 575 tons of hay, 344 swine, 322 acres of farmland in pasture, 250 acres of oats, 195 acres of wheat, 192 milk cows, 175 bulls, oxen, or steers, 133 acres of potatoes, 129 barrels of pork, 125 calves and heifers, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 71 horses, 65 occupants of farms, 43 acres of barley, 40 barrels of beef, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of carrots, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of peas, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,042 yards of flannel, 224 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, $1 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 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 reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries reporting, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, 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 not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, 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, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC143011_1901— 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). "Port Daniel, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/port-daniel-qc051001-1851/.