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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

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 1,463. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.354°N, 72.901°W.

Population

In 1851, L’Ange Gardien had a population of 1,463: 776 male and 687 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, L’Ange Gardien shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,463 total population, 776 males, Male members of the family who are present: 768, 687 females, Female members of the family who are present: 674, 537 single males, 448 single females, 230 married males, 229 families, 228 married females, 48 males attending school, 35 females attending school, 20 female births, 20 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, 11 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 8, 7 lunatic males, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 146 males aged 5 to 10, 121 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single males aged 10 to 15, 88 married females aged 20 to 30, 81 single females aged 10 to 15, 69 married males aged 30 to 40, 69 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 61 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 32 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females under age 1, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males under age 1, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,403 French Canadians, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 14,964 acres of land in farms, 12,253 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,847 pounds of maple sugar, 5,162 bushels of oats, 5,110 pounds of homemade butter, 2,914 bushels of wheat, 2,711 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,166 bushels of potatoes, 1,586 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,372 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,332 bushels of corn, 1,125 acres of farmland under crops, 1,078 pounds of flax or hemp, 902 bushels of peas, 848 pounds of tobacco, 772 sheep, 737 bushels of buckwheat, 644 tons of hay, 411 acres of wheat, 384 acres of oats, 361 milk cows, 323 swine, 259 horses, 252 calves and heifers, 194 barrels of pork, 160 occupants of farms, 146 bushels of beans, 136 acres of peas, 118 bulls, oxen, or steers, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 bushels of rye, 74 acres of corn, 74 bushels of carrots, 61 bushels of barley, 58 acres of potatoes, 54 acres of buckwheat, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 7 acres of barley, 5 barrels of beef. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,500 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,176 yards of fulled cloth, 1,011 yards of flannel, 776 yards of linen, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production,   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 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 weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   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 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 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 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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). "L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-ange-gardien-qc078006-1851/.