L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1851 census)

L’Ange Gardien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3201973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.942°N, 71.137°W.

Population

In 1851, L’Ange Gardien had a population of 829: 395 male and 434 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, L’Ange Gardien shared boundaries with:

• Beauport
• Château Richer
• Laval, VL

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 829 total population, 434 females, Female members of the family who are present: 397, 395 males, Male members of the family who are present: 346, 274 single females, 255 single males, 130 married females, 130 married males, 123 families, 82 females attending school, 62 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, 30 widowed females, 19 male births, 13 female births, 10 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 63 females aged 5 to 10, 48 males aged 5 to 10, 47 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 45 single females aged 15 to 20, 41 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 single males aged 10 to 15, 40 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 20 to 30, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 males under age 1, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 females under age 1, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 824 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 194,566 tons of hay, 16,172 acres of land in farms, 11,644 bushels of oats, 8,877 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,839 pounds of homemade butter, 7,295 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,515 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,480 bushels of potatoes, 4,302 bushels of wheat, 2,787 pounds of maple sugar, 2,723 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,956 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,645 acres of farmland under crops, 832 sheep, 792 acres of oats, 575 acres of wheat, 570 bushels of peas, 334 bushels of turnips, 315 calves and heifers, 312 milk cows, 215 barrels of pork, 184 bushels of barley, 172 swine, 170 bulls, oxen, or steers, 155 horses, 151 pounds of tobacco, 136 acres of peas, 135 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 118 occupants of farms, 71 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of corn, 50 barrels of beef, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 40 acres of barley, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 bushels of buckwheat, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of beans, 9 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 5 acres of buckwheat, 5 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 15,563 yards of linen, 3,335 yards of flannel, 884 yards of fulled cloth,   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 distilleries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   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 returning capital,   tanneries,   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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC064002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC178003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3201973
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien,_Capitale-Nationale
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien_(La_C%C3%B4te-de-Beaupr%C3%A9)

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’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-ange-gardien-qc064002-1851/.