Cap Rosier, Quebec (1851 census)
Cap Rosier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 785. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.859°N, 64.263°W.
Population
In 1851, Cap Rosier had a population of 785: 419 male and 366 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 785 |
| 1861 | 1,060 |
| 1891 | 785 |
| 1901 | 1,350 |
| 1911 | 1,562 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Cap Rosier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 785 total population, 419 males, 366 females, Male members of the family who are present: 344, Female members of the family who are present: 316, 303 single males, 240 single females, 129 families, 110 married females, 109 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 75, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 41 males attending school, 34 females attending school, 16 widowed females, 14 female births, 12 male births, 7 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 2, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 61 males aged 5 to 10, 59 females aged 5 to 10, 55 single females aged 10 to 15, 51 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 20 to 30, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 30 married females aged 30 to 40, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 females under age 1, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 males under age 1, 13 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 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 423 French Canadians, 250 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 50 persons originating in Guernsey, 30 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,100 acres of land in farms, 9,422 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,769 pounds of homemade butter, 4,350 bushels of potatoes, 728 pounds of wool produced on farms, 678 acres of farmland under cultivation, 593 bushels of turnips, 544 bushels of oats, 458 acres of farmland in pasture, 437 tons of hay, 400 pounds of maple sugar, 331 sheep, 251 bushels of wheat, 241 bushels of barley, 217 acres of farmland under crops, 150 milk cows, 139 swine, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 102 occupants of farms, 98 acres of potatoes, 79 calves and heifers, 64 barrels of pork, 60 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 42 acres of wheat, 35 acres of oats, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 acres of barley, 18 horses, 16 acres of turnips, 16 barrels of beef, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of peas, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $248 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 99 yards of fulled cloth, 65 yards of flannel, 5 employees in grist mills, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills reporting annual production, 4 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, 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 value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 265 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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC056008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC159002_1911— 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). "Cap Rosier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-rosier-qc056008-1851/.