Gentilly, Quebec (1851 census)
Gentilly was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,498. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5533651. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.372°N, 72.253°W.
Population
In 1851, Gentilly had a population of 2,498: 1,253 male and 1,245 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 Gentilly, 1861 (89.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Gentilly shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,498 total population, 1,253 males, 1,245 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,151, Female members of the family who are present: 1,096, 854 single males, 837 single females, 392 families, 367 married males, 362 married females, 183 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, 128 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 102, 57 female births, 42 male births, 32 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 24, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 198 males aged 5 to 10, 174 single females aged 10 to 15, 173 females aged 5 to 10, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 single females aged 15 to 20, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 104 married females aged 20 to 30, 91 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 males aged 1 to 2, 68 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 females aged 1 to 2, 53 females under age 1, 50 females aged 4 to 5, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 45 females age 3 to 4, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 males under age 1, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 males of unknown age, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,478 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $2,250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $650 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 25 employees in saw mills, 9 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in breweries, employees in distilleries, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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-Édouard Turcotte | 1808–1864 | born here |
| Joseph Gaudet | 1818–1882 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC066006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC066006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5533651
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentilly,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentilly_(B%C3%A9cancour)
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). "Gentilly, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gentilly-qc066006-1851/.