Chicoutimi, Township, Quebec (1851 census)
Chicoutimi, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.387°N, 71.056°W.
Population
In 1851, Chicoutimi, Township had a population of 1,200: 609 male and 591 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 Chicoutimi, 1861 (80.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Chicoutimi, Township shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,200 total population, 609 males, 591 females, Male members of the family who are present: 558, Female members of the family who are present: 554, 392 single males, 362 single females, 230 families, 218 married females, 203 married males, 64 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 51, 51 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Male members of the family who are present: 14, 14 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 3 lunatic males, 2 males attending school, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 females attending school. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 192 females aged 5 to 10, 177 males aged 5 to 10, 158 married females aged 20 to 30, 157 married males aged 20 to 30, 129 married males aged 30 to 40, 129 single males aged 15 to 20, 117 single males aged 10 to 15, 107 single females aged 15 to 20, 105 single females aged 10 to 15, 94 married females aged 30 to 40, 86 males under age 1, 81 single males aged 20 to 30, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 females under age 1, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 62 males aged 2 to 3, 62 males aged 3 to 4, 53 females age 3 to 4, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 51 married females aged 15 to 20, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,095 French Canadians, 82 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 23 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 27,565 tons of hay, 19,365 acres of land in farms, 15,152 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,197 bushels of potatoes, 4,213 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,671 bushels of wheat, 3,419 bushels of barley, 3,301 bushels of peas, 2,551 pounds of homemade butter, 2,316 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,897 acres of farmland under crops, 1,577 bushels of oats, 894 pounds of wool produced on farms, 539 acres of wheat, 516 sheep, 375 pounds of flax or hemp, 364 acres of oats, 340 swine, 330 acres of barley, 330 pounds of tobacco, 277 acres of peas, 271 milk cows, 221 bushels of turnips, 220 occupants of farms, 208 horses, 206 acres of potatoes, 205 pounds of maple sugar, 175 bushels of rye, 132 calves and heifers, 98 barrels of pork, 90 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 bulls, oxen, or steers, 30 acres of rye, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 bushels of buckwheat, 2 bushels of carrots, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 barrels of beef, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 224,660 saw mills reporting daily production, 38,395 saw mill plants, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 773 yards of flannel, 631 yards of fulled cloth, 440 yards of linen, 304 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 5, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, $4 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peter McLeod | 1807–1852 | born and died here |
| Françoise Simard | 1851–1937 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC074022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC074022— 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). "Chicoutimi, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chicoutimi-township-qc074022-1851/.