L’Assomption, Quebec (1851 census)

L’Assomption was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,110. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.856°N, 73.448°W.

Population

In 1851, L’Assomption had a population of 3,110: 1,565 male and 1,545 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 contained L’Assomption, 1861 (70.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, L’Assomption shared boundaries with:

• Lavaltrie
• L’Assomption, Village
• Repentigny
• St. Henry
• St. Jacques
• St. Paul
• St. Roch
• St. Sulpice

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 207 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,110 total population, 1,565 males, 1,545 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,462, Male members of the family who are present: 1,457, 1,075 single males, 1,044 single females, 473 families, 449 married males, 441 married females, 272 males attending school, 194 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 67, 60 female births, 60 widowed females, 49 male births, 41 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 224 males aged 5 to 10, 210 single males aged 10 to 15, 202 females aged 5 to 10, 185 single females aged 15 to 20, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 170 single females aged 10 to 15, 158 single males aged 20 to 30, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 127 single females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 40 to 50, 106 married females aged 20 to 30, 83 married females aged 40 to 50, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 80 females under age 1, 79 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 66 married females aged 50 to 60, 60 females age 3 to 4, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 52 males aged 4 to 5, 50 males under age 1, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,049 French Canadians, 35 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 764,910 tons of hay, 105,765 pounds of homemade butter, 95,515 bushels of oats, 55,549 pounds of maple sugar, 36,724 acres of land in farms, 30,387 acres of farmland under cultivation, 22,981 bushels of wheat, 22,161 bushels of peas, 18,709 bushels of potatoes, 15,241 acres of farmland under crops, 14,064 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,150 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,156 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,296 pounds of tobacco, 6,337 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,208 acres of oats, 5,091 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 5,043 bushels of buckwheat, 4,465 bushels of rye, 3,886 acres of wheat, 3,646 bushels of corn, 3,602 sheep, 2,775 acres of peas, 2,493 milk cows, 1,982 bushels of barley, 1,852 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,594 bushels of carrots, 1,485 swine, 1,337 calves and heifers, 1,294 barrels of pork, 1,264 horses, 1,082 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 667 acres of rye, 575 bushels of turnips, 568 acres of buckwheat, 459 bulls, oxen, or steers, 367 occupants of farms, 362 acres of potatoes, 303 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 299 barrels of beef, 256 acres of barley, 220 bushels of beans, 218 acres of corn, 153 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 104 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,629 yards of linen, 6,314 yards of fulled cloth, 5,533 yards of flannel, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills 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). 10,000 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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 86 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 46, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 40, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: QC059001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC059001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141754
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption

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’Assomption, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-qc059001-1851/.