Sault au Récollet, Quebec (1851 census)

Sault au Récollet was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,241. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.577°N, 73.625°W.

Population

In 1851, Sault au Récollet had a population of 2,241: 1,138 male and 1,103 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, Sault au Récollet shared boundaries with:

• Longue Pointe
• Montréal, Parish
• Rivière des Prairies
• St. Laurent
• St. Louis

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 189 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,241 total population, 1,138 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,129, 1,103 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,088, 763 single males, 707 single females, 387 families, 355 married males, 350 married females, 134 males attending school, 94 females attending school, 64 female births, 56 male births, 46 widowed females, 20 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Male members of the family who are present: 15, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 176 males aged 5 to 10, 155 females aged 5 to 10, 147 single males aged 10 to 15, 121 single females aged 15 to 20, 119 single males aged 15 to 20, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married males aged 30 to 40, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 86 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 single females aged 20 to 30, 60 females under age 1, 56 males under age 1, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 females age 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,120 French Canadians, 61 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 29 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 238,275 tons of hay, 38,300 bushels of potatoes, 29,372 pounds of homemade butter, 25,467 bushels of oats, 12,930 acres of land in farms, 10,482 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,448 bushels of wheat, 8,780 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,422 acres of farmland under crops, 7,341 bushels of peas, 2,904 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,772 bushels of barley, 2,448 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,283 acres of oats, 2,028 pounds of tobacco, 1,860 bushels of buckwheat, 1,859 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,178 bushels of corn, 1,119 acres of wheat, 1,113 acres of peas, 1,090 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 868 milk cows, 762 swine, 701 sheep, 635 horses, 497 acres of potatoes, 460 calves and heifers, 416 bushels of carrots, 200 pounds of maple sugar, 176 occupants of farms, 156 acres of barley, 156 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 136 acres of buckwheat, 108 bulls, oxen, or steers, 66 acres of corn, 66 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 62 pounds of flax or hemp, 45 barrels of pork, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 bushels of beans, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,600 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $3,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 914 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 749 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 407 yards of flannel, 39 yards of linen, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in distilleries,   employees in grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital. 7,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; 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 37 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: 16, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: QC065004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC163016 — 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). "Sault au Récollet, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-au-r-collet-qc065004-1851/.