L'Acadie (part), Quebec (1851 census)
L'Acadie (part) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,764. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.273°N, 73.336°W.
Population
In 1851, L'Acadie (part) had a population of 1,764: 867 male and 897 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 Ste. Marguerite (L’Acadie), 1861 (67.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, L'Acadie (part) shared boundaries with:
- L’Acadie (part)
- St. Cyprien
- St. Jacques
- St. John, Parish
- St. Luc (part)
- St. Valentin
- St. Valentin (part)
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,764 total population, 897 females, 867 males, Female members of the family who are present: 742, Male members of the family who are present: 718, 676 single females, 649 single males, 342 families, 208 married males, 203 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 155, Males present who are not members of the family: 149, 101 females attending school, 100 males attending school, 18 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 124 single females aged 10 to 15, 122 males aged 5 to 10, 116 females aged 5 to 10, 98 single males aged 10 to 15, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 81 single males aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 30 to 40, 70 females under age 1, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 males under age 1, 49 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 single females aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females age 3 to 4, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,674 French Canadians, 52 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 320,700 tons of hay, 29,826 bushels of oats, 17,512 pounds of homemade butter, 14,554 acres of land in farms, 13,457 bushels of wheat, 13,000 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,654 bushels of peas, 9,229 acres of farmland under crops, 3,769 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,995 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,791 acres of oats, 1,774 acres of wheat, 1,554 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,491 bushels of potatoes, 1,288 sheep, 1,113 acres of peas, 1,061 bushels of barley, 1,036 pounds of flax or hemp, 802 swine, 755 horses, 674 milk cows, 438 bushels of buckwheat, 410 calves and heifers, 410 pounds of maple sugar, 346 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 247 occupants of farms, 237 bulls, oxen, or steers, 128 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 127 barrels of pork, 77 acres of barley, 50 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 acres of potatoes, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of corn, 26 acres of buckwheat, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 pounds of tobacco, 6 barrels of beef, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,354 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 714 yards of flannel, 656 yards of linen, 500 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in breweries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, 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 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), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Félix Poutré | 1814–1885 | born here |
| Napoléon Bourassa | 1827–1916 | born here |
| Louis Molleur | 1828–1904 | born here |
| Élodie Paradis | 1840–1912 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC052011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052011— 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). "L'Acadie (part), Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-acadie-part-qc052011-1851/.