Isle du Pads, Quebec (1851 census)

Isle du Pads was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,084. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.105°N, 73.102°W.

Population

In 1851, Isle du Pads had a population of 1,084: 560 male and 524 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Isle du Pads shared boundaries with:

• Berthier
• St. Pierre, Sorel

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,084 total population, 560 males, Male members of the family who are present: 534, 524 females, Female members of the family who are present: 502, 366 single males, 342 single females, 184 married males, 167 families, 166 married females, 33 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 26, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 25 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 18 female births, 16 male births, 16 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 females aged 5 to 10, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 males aged 5 to 10, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 single females aged 10 to 15, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males under age 1, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 11 females age 3 to 4, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15, 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,079 French Canadians, 5 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 281,142 tons of hay, 32,172 bushels of oats, 13,192 pounds of homemade butter, 8,726 acres of land in farms, 6,132 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,920 bushels of wheat, 4,353 acres of farmland under crops, 3,859 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,752 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,684 bushels of potatoes, 2,683 pounds of tobacco, 2,594 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,177 bushels of peas, 1,948 bushels of buckwheat, 1,752 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,737 acres of oats, 1,581 sheep, 1,502 pounds of maple sugar, 660 bushels of corn, 641 calves and heifers, 508 swine, 501 acres of wheat, 493 milk cows, 358 horses, 341 bushels of rye, 224 acres of peas, 222 barrels of pork, 197 acres of buckwheat, 132 occupants of farms, 125 bushels of barley, 77 bulls, oxen, or steers, 67 acres of potatoes, 54 acres of corn, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 acres of rye, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 acres of barley, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,729 yards of linen, 2,432 yards of fulled cloth, 1,141 yards of flannel,   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, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC050001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC103005 — 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). "Isle du Pads, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-du-pads-qc050001-1851/.