Ancienne Lorette, Quebec (1851 census)

Ancienne Lorette was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 889. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142218. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.808°N, 71.347°W.

Population

In 1851, Ancienne Lorette had a population of 889: 439 male and 450 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Ancienne Lorette, 1861 (22.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Ancienne Lorette shared boundaries with:

• Ancienne Lorette & Part of St. Ambroise
• St. Ambroise
• St. Roch, No. 2
• Ste. Foye

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 889 total population, 450 females, 439 males, Male members of the family who are present: 399, Female members of the family who are present: 392, 313 single females, 307 single males, 139 families, 117 married males, 114 married females, 59 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 46 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, 27 male births, 23 widowed females, 15 female births, 15 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 3 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 120 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 males aged 5 to 10, 61 females aged 5 to 10, 57 single females aged 15 to 20, 51 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 49 single males aged 10 to 15, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 males under age 1, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 females under age 1, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males 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 males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 840 French Canadians, 26 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 17 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 220,110 tons of hay, 16,341 pounds of homemade butter, 11,553 bushels of oats, 5,188 acres of land in farms, 4,862 bushels of potatoes, 4,047 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,998 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,141 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 999 acres of farmland under crops, 916 pounds of wool produced on farms, 720 acres of oats, 512 bushels of wheat, 456 pounds of flax or hemp, 410 bushels of turnips, 391 sheep, 271 milk cows, 203 swine, 184 horses, 160 calves and heifers, 152 bushels of buckwheat, 132 pounds of tobacco, 125 bushels of peas, 113 occupants of farms, 86 bushels of barley, 69 acres of potatoes, 59 barrels of pork, 54 acres of wheat, 50 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 47 bulls, oxen, or steers, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 bushels of corn, 15 acres of buckwheat, 15 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13 acres of peas, 11 barrels of beef, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 acres of corn, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 634 yards of fulled cloth, 444 yards of flannel, 244 yards of linen, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water,   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 not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   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,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   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.   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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

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 males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: QC069009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142218
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ancienne-Lorette
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ancienne-Lorette

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). "Ancienne Lorette, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ancienne-lorette-qc069009-1851/.