St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,535. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.786°N, 71.085°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent had a population of 1,535: 764 male and 771 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,535 |
| 1861 | 3,014 |
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, St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,535 total population, 771 females, 764 males, Male members of the family who are present: 724, Female members of the family who are present: 722, 513 single males, 500 single females, 238 married females, 235 married males, 215 families, 105 males attending school, 65 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, 33 widowed females, 31 female births, 30 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 23, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 4 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 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, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 91 single males aged 10 to 15, 84 single females aged 15 to 20, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 65 married females aged 30 to 40, 61 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 33 females under age 1, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males under age 1, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,426 French Canadians, 52 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 47 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 139,270 tons of hay, 14,572 bushels of oats, 10,000 acres of land in farms, 9,898 pounds of homemade butter, 5,051 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,949 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,394 bushels of potatoes, 2,994 acres of farmland under crops, 2,036 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,904 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,705 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,635 bushels of wheat, 1,385 acres of oats, 644 sheep, 630 bushels of peas, 540 pounds of maple sugar, 449 milk cows, 293 swine, 251 acres of wheat, 197 bulls, oxen, or steers, 163 calves and heifers, 159 horses, 138 acres of peas, 106 bushels of turnips, 100 occupants of farms, 88 bushels of rye, 78 acres of potatoes, 47 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 pounds of tobacco, 21 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 bushels of barley, 20 bushels of carrots, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of rye, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 7 acres of barley, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,000 foundries returning capital, 1,097 yards of flannel, 754 yards of fulled cloth, 669 yards of linen, $175 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 43 employees in foundries, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, foundries not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills, 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, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories not reporting, $ 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, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC029002— 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). "St. Joseph de la Pointe Lévis and Convent, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-la-pointe-l-vis-and-convent-qc054001-1851/.