Cap de la Madeleine, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)
Cap de la Madeleine, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,123. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.651°N, 72.801°W.
Population
In 1851, Cap de la Madeleine, T-V had a population of 1,123: 556 male and 567 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,123 |
| 1921 | 6,738 |
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 contained Cap de la Magdeleine, 1861 (26.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Cap de la Madeleine, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,123 total population, 567 females, 556 males, Female members of the family who are present: 526, Male members of the family who are present: 492, 381 single females, 376 single males, 173 married males, 164 married females, 147 families, 74 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, 56 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 53, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, Female members of the family who are absent: 36, 25 male births, 22 widowed females, 21 female births, 7 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 89 females aged 5 to 10, 88 males aged 5 to 10, 81 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 44 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 males under age 1, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 females under age 1, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,059 French Canadians, 54 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 4,000, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $300 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories not reporting, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (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, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph-Alexandre Crevier | 1824–1889 | born here |
| Edmond Gendreau | 1840–1918 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC053004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047030— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2936979
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-de-la-Madeleine
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-de-la-Madeleine
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). "Cap de la Madeleine, T-V, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-de-la-madeleine-t-v-qc053004-1851/.