Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1851 census)

Charlesbourg, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,063. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.899°N, 71.306°W.

Population

In 1851, Charlesbourg, VL had a population of 2,063: 1,004 male and 1,059 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Charlesbourg, VL shared boundaries with:

• Beauport
• St. Ambroise
• St. Dunstan
• St. Edmond
• St. Roch, No. 2

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,063 total population, 1,059 females, 1,004 males, Female members of the family who are present: 975, Male members of the family who are present: 908, 674 single females, 618 single males, 377 families, 352 married males, 334 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, 82 males attending school, 68 females attending school, 51 widowed females, 43 male births, 36 female births, 34 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 3 blind males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 120 single females aged 10 to 15, 119 males aged 5 to 10, 117 single males aged 10 to 15, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 115 females aged 5 to 10, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 males under age 1, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 34 females under age 1, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,797 French Canadians, 163 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 63 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 548,714 tons of hay, 31,857 bushels of oats, 27,921 acres of land in farms, 22,482 pounds of homemade butter, 17,679 bushels of potatoes, 17,104 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,817 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,672 acres of farmland under crops, 3,980 pounds of maple sugar, 3,890 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,699 bushels of wheat, 3,243 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,446 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,343 acres of oats, 963 sheep, 928 bushels of turnips, 902 bushels of peas, 840 milk cows, 487 swine, 473 horses, 472 barrels of pork, 428 calves and heifers, 413 acres of wheat, 335 occupants of farms, 326 bushels of carrots, 255 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 245 bushels of barley, 224 acres of potatoes, 187 bulls, oxen, or steers, 160 pounds of tobacco, 126 bushels of rye, 92 acres of peas, 91 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 81 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 72 bushels of beans, 45 barrels of beef, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 bushels of buckwheat, 29 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 26 bushels of corn, 23 acres of barley, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of rye, 9 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of corn, 4 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 600,000 saw mill plants, $20,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,331 yards of linen, 2,213 yards of fulled cloth, 2,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,381 yards of flannel, 1,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 80 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling). 12,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 4,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 43 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC069005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660491
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg,_Quebec_City
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg

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). "Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/charlesbourg-vl-qc069005-1851/.