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 850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.338°N, 73.372°W.

Population

In 1851, L’Acadie (part) had a population of 850: 437 male and 413 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 (32.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, L’Acadie (part) shared boundaries with:

• L'Acadie (part)
• Laprairie
• St. Jacques
• St. Luc (part)
• St. Philippe

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 850 total population, 437 males, 413 females, Male members of the family who are present: 384, Female members of the family who are present: 351, 308 single males, 289 single females, 131 families, 124 married males, 122 married females, 65 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 62, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, 51 females attending school, 31 female births, 31 male births, 5 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 69 males aged 5 to 10, 59 females aged 5 to 10, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 49 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 single females aged 10 to 15, 43 single males aged 10 to 15, 41 married females aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 single males aged 15 to 20, 35 males under age 1, 35 married males aged 30 to 40, 34 females under age 1, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 679 French Canadians, 100 persons originating in Ireland, 63 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 127,540 tons of hay, 17,269 bushels of oats, 9,106 bushels of peas, 8,972 acres of land in farms, 7,651 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,601 pounds of homemade butter, 5,447 acres of farmland under crops, 5,379 bushels of wheat, 2,204 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,784 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,321 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,172 acres of oats, 824 acres of peas, 823 sheep, 819 acres of wheat, 656 pounds of flax or hemp, 461 swine, 457 horses, 433 milk cows, 333 bushels of barley, 316 bushels of potatoes, 238 calves and heifers, 176 barrels of pork, 162 bushels of corn, 120 occupants of farms, 73 bulls, oxen, or steers, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 acres of barley, 31 bushels of buckwheat, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 acres of potatoes, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 acres of corn, 3 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 850 yards of fulled cloth, 431 yards of flannel, 294 yards of linen,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   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 value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   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).   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 Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC057015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057015 — 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-qc057015-1851/.