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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q138841

Belœil, Quebec (1851 census)

Belœil was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,250. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138841. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.613°N, 73.246°W.

Population

In 1851, Belœil had a population of 2,250: 1,112 male and 1,138 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Belœil shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,250 total population, 1,138 females, 1,112 males, Female members of the family who are present: 933, Male members of the family who are present: 908, 782 single females, 764 single males, 354 families, 326 married males, 314 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 205, Males present who are not members of the family: 204, 108 males attending school, 101 females attending school, 52 female births, 42 widowed females, 41 male births, 22 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 5 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 168 females aged 5 to 10, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 single males aged 10 to 15, 138 single females aged 10 to 15, 135 males aged 5 to 10, 128 single females aged 15 to 20, 96 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 females under age 1, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 males under age 1, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,226 French Canadians, 13 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 349,960 tons of hay, 36,032 bushels of oats, 27,630 pounds of homemade butter, 22,199 acres of land in farms, 19,793 bushels of wheat, 18,281 bushels of peas, 16,908 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,256 acres of farmland under crops, 6,952 bushels of potatoes, 6,923 pounds of maple sugar, 6,504 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,248 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,291 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,197 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,098 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4,442 bushels of barley, 2,996 acres of wheat, 2,442 acres of oats, 2,364 sheep, 1,810 pounds of tobacco, 1,754 acres of peas, 1,489 bushels of corn, 1,107 milk cows, 1,054 swine, 929 horses, 900 calves and heifers, 892 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 527 bushels of carrots, 450 barrels of pork, 283 occupants of farms, 277 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 268 bulls, oxen, or steers, 261 acres of barley, 206 bushels of turnips, 159 acres of buckwheat, 148 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 148 acres of potatoes, 140 barrels of beef, 116 bushels of beans, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 93 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 77 acres of corn, 60 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 gallons of cider, 13.50 bushels of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,685 yards of linen, 2,611 yards of fulled cloth, 2,238 yards of flannel, $250 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $250 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 carding and fulling mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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 year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Belœil, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bel-il-qc082004-1851/.