Allumettes, Quebec (1851 census)
Allumettes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.869°N, 77.048°W.
Population
In 1851, Allumettes had a population of 1,025: 566 male and 459 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,025 |
| 1861 | 1,518 |
| 1871 | 1,503 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,025 total population, 566 males, Male members of the family who are present: 467, 459 females, Female members of the family who are present: 407, 399 single males, 297 single females, 160 married males, 158 married females, 144 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, Females present who are not members of the family: 52, 26 male births, 25 female births, 22 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 21, 14 females attending school, 7 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 widowed females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 81 males aged 5 to 10, 72 females aged 5 to 10, 67 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 single males aged 15 to 20, 56 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 30 to 40, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 single females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 males under age 1, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 females under age 1, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 males of unknown age, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 491 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 276 French Canadians, 236 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 21,052 acres of land in farms, 16,816 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,458 bushels of potatoes, 12,618 pounds of homemade butter, 8,352 bushels of oats, 4,236 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,624 bushels of wheat, 3,156 pounds of maple sugar, 2,662 acres of farmland under crops, 2,324 bushels of peas, 1,573 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,327 pounds of wool produced on farms, 955 bushels of turnips, 836 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 780 acres of oats, 760 tons of hay, 759 bushels of rye, 540 swine, 491 bushels of corn, 402 sheep, 344 milk cows, 339 acres of wheat, 339 bushels of buckwheat, 301 bulls, oxen, or steers, 282 pounds of hops, 246 calves and heifers, 230 acres of peas, 225 barrels of pork, 210 acres of potatoes, 196 occupants of farms, 171 horses, 124 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 108 barrels of beef, 101 bushels of barley, 92 acres of rye, 89 pounds of flax or hemp, 63 bushels of beans, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 bushels of carrots, 26 acres of buckwheat, 23 acres of corn, 21 acres of turnips, 20 acres of barley, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 919 yards of flannel, 157 yards of fulled cloth, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual 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, 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC067002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091011— 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). "Allumettes, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/allumettes-qc067002-1851/.