Chemin du Lac, Quebec (1851 census)

Chemin du Lac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.618°N, 68.905°W.

Population

In 1851, Chemin du Lac had a population of 762: 405 male and 357 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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Temiscouata Road, 1861 (84.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Chemin du Lac shared boundaries with:

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• Rivière du Loup
• Rivière du Loup
• Whitworth

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 762 total population, 405 males, Male members of the family who are present: 370, 357 females, Female members of the family who are present: 336, 277 single males, 234 single females, 128 married males, 125 families, 123 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 41, Males present who are not members of the family: 35, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 19 male births, 18 female births, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 58 females aged 5 to 10, 58 males aged 5 to 10, 47 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 single females aged 15 to 20, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 41 married females aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 single females aged 10 to 15, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males under age 1, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females under age 1, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 703 French Canadians, 43 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 100,000 saw mill plants, 1,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 200 employees in saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  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. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC071003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC071003 — 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). "Chemin du Lac, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chemin-du-lac-qc071003-1851/.