Vaudreuil, Quebec (1851 census)
Vaudreuil was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,369. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.410°N, 74.122°W.
Population
In 1851, Vaudreuil had a population of 3,369: 1,710 male and 1,659 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,369 |
| 1861 | 3,239 |
| 1871 | 2,848 |
| 1881 | 1,857 |
| 1891 | 1,563 |
| 1901 | 1,022 |
| 1911 | 1,285 |
| 1921 | 1,112 |
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, Vaudreuil shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 197 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,369 total population, 1,710 males, 1,659 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,587, Female members of the family who are present: 1,528, 1,164 single males, 1,102 single females, 513 families, 508 married males, 488 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 131, Males present who are not members of the family: 123, 69 widowed females, 65 females attending school, 64 males attending school, 52 female births, 50 male births, 38 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 19, 5 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 254 males aged 5 to 10, 212 females aged 5 to 10, 196 single females aged 10 to 15, 193 single males aged 10 to 15, 179 single males aged 15 to 20, 178 single females aged 15 to 20, 152 single males aged 20 to 30, 148 married females aged 20 to 30, 143 married males aged 30 to 40, 139 married females aged 30 to 40, 127 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 40 to 50, 106 married males aged 20 to 30, 83 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 females under age 1, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 males aged 3 to 4, 66 married females aged 50 to 60, 65 females aged 2 to 3, 62 females aged 1 to 2, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 62 males under age 1, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 56 females age 3 to 4, 55 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 single females aged 30 to 40, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 males of unknown age, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 females of unknown age, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,713 French Canadians, 398 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 171 persons originating in England or Wales, 33 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons originating in the United States, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 450,913 tons of hay, 42,208 bushels of oats, 38,543 pounds of homemade butter, 33,723 bushels of corn, 26,068 acres of land in farms, 24,316 bushels of potatoes, 22,416 bushels of wheat, 20,599 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,598 acres of farmland under crops, 12,295 bushels of peas, 6,934 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,794 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,469 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,340 pounds of tobacco, 4,830 pounds of maple sugar, 4,533 bushels of rye, 3,380 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,234 acres of wheat, 3,176 acres of oats, 2,487 sheep, 1,952 bushels of barley, 1,681 bushels of buckwheat, 1,447 swine, 1,391 milk cows, 1,315 acres of peas, 999 horses, 799 calves and heifers, 696 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 484 acres of rye, 482 bushels of turnips, 399 barrels of pork, 391 acres of potatoes, 388 bulls, oxen, or steers, 319 occupants of farms, 290 acres of buckwheat, 267 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 249 pounds of flax or hemp, 190 acres of corn, 159 acres of barley, 127 bushels of carrots, 127 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 108 barrels of beef, 89 bushels of beans, 70 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 pounds of hops, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,810 yards of fulled cloth, 2,320 yards of flannel, 41 yards of linen, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 18 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Pyke | 1775–1851 | died here |
| John Augustus Mathison | 1781–1868 | died here |
| Paul-Loup Archambault | 1787–1858 | died here |
| Robert Unwin Harwood | 1798–1863 | died here |
| François-Xavier Desjardins | 1802–1867 | died here |
| Narcisse Valois | 1811–1880 | born here |
| Salomée Valois | 1830–1906 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC081002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097006_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912599
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). "Vaudreuil, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/vaudreuil-qc081002-1851/.