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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Indians, Quebec (1851 census)

Indians was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 663. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.774°N, 72.126°W.

Population

In 1851, Indians had a population of 663.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Indians shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 663 total population, 2 female births, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 9 males aged 5 to 10, 5 married males aged 30 to 40, 4 females aged 5 to 10, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 2 to 3, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 females age 3 to 4, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 females under age 1, 2 married males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 15 to 20, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 single males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 663 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

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 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,   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,   woollen factories returning capital, $  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,   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, V2T7.)

Identifiers

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-qc074028-1851/.