Beauport, Quebec (1851 census)
Beauport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,377. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.904°N, 71.215°W.
Population
In 1851, Beauport had a population of 2,377: 1,156 male and 1,221 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Beauport shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,377 total population, 1,221 females, 1,156 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,117, Male members of the family who are present: 1,062, 767 single females, 736 single males, 417 families, 384 married males, 382 married females, 115 females attending school, 113 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, Males present who are not members of the family: 94, 76 female births, 72 widowed females, 45 male births, 36 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 180 females aged 5 to 10, 165 males aged 5 to 10, 118 single males aged 10 to 15, 115 single males aged 15 to 20, 114 married females aged 20 to 30, 113 married males aged 30 to 40, 113 single females aged 10 to 15, 112 single females aged 15 to 20, 102 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married males aged 40 to 50, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 females under age 1, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 males under age 1, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,267 French Canadians, 58 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 35 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 180,040 tons of hay, 18,385 bushels of oats, 15,323 acres of land in farms, 9,276 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,362 bushels of potatoes, 7,590 pounds of homemade butter, 6,047 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,104 bushels of wheat, 3,078 acres of farmland under crops, 2,901 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,265 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,156 bushels of peas, 1,087 sheep, 926 acres of oats, 637 pounds of flax or hemp, 499 milk cows, 481 acres of wheat, 464 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 361 swine, 293 bushels of barley, 221 barrels of pork, 173 calves and heifers, 166 acres of peas, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 101 horses, 80 acres of potatoes, 68 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 67 occupants of farms, 60 bushels of carrots, 60 bushels of turnips, 40 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 bushels of buckwheat, 26 bushels of beans, 15 pounds of tobacco, 14 barrels of beef, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of barley, 13 bushels of corn, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 9,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,066 yards of fulled cloth, 380 yards of flannel, 266 yards of linen, 6 employees in grist mills, 6 employees in saw mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in tanneries, grist mills powered by steam, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills returning capital, $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling). 2,469 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 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Langevin | 1802–1857 | born here |
| Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay | 1809–1871 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC069004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069004— 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). "Beauport, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauport-qc069004-1851/.