L’Assomption, Village, Quebec (1851 census)

L’Assomption, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,084. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.830°N, 73.420°W.

Population

In 1851, L’Assomption, Village had a population of 1,084: 519 male and 565 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, College, 1861 (5.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained L’Assomption, Village, 1861 (94.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

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

• L’Assomption

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,084 total population, 565 females, 519 males, Female members of the family who are present: 478, Male members of the family who are present: 433, 344 single females, 334 single males, 200 families, 187 married females, 176 married males, 77 males attending school, 47 females attending school, 34 widowed females, 29 male births, 15 female births, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 males aged 5 to 10, 58 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 females aged 5 to 10, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 males under age 1, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females under age 1, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,048 French Canadians, 29 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,275 bushels of potatoes, 700 tons of hay, 178 bushels of corn, 170 pounds of tobacco, 123 sheep, 115 horses, 101 swine, 88 milk cows, 76 bushels of carrots, 67 acres of land in farms, 62 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 acres of farmland under cultivation, 50 occupants of farms, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 bushels of turnips, 23 bushels of wheat, 10 calves and heifers, 9 bushels of beans, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   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 value of annual production or rent,   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 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).   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, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 7 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: QC059002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC059002 — 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, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-village-qc059002-1851/.