Indians, Quebec (1851 census)

Indians was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 218. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.870°N, 71.362°W.

Population

In 1851, Indians had a population of 218: 98 male and 120 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 became part of St. Ambroise, 1861 (1.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Indians shared boundaries with:

• St. Ambroise

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 218 total population, 120 females, Female members of the family who are present: 100, 98 males, Male members of the family who are present: 89, 73 single females, 59 single males, 47 families, 39 married females, 38 married males, 30 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 20 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, 8 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 16 females aged 5 to 10, 14 married females aged 20 to 30, 13 married females aged 30 to 40, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single males aged 10 to 15, 11 males aged 5 to 10, 11 single females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 40 to 50, 8 males under age 1, 8 single females aged 10 to 15, 8 single males aged 20 to 30, 7 females under age 1, 7 married males aged 20 to 30, 7 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 females aged 1 to 2, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 4 married females aged 40 to 50, 3 females aged 2 to 3, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 218 Indigenous persons, 218 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 120 Indigenous females, 98 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

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

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC069012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069012 — 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). "Indians, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/indians-qc069012-1851/.