L'Islet, Quebec (1851 census)

L'Islet was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,656. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3204356. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.089°N, 70.335°W.

Population

In 1851, L'Islet had a population of 3,656: 1,859 male and 1,797 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'Islet shared boundaries with:

• Cap St. Ignace
• St. Cyrille
• St. Jean Port Joli

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 194 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,656 total population, 1,859 males, 1,797 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,759, Female members of the family who are present: 1,689, 1,270 single males, 1,195 single females, 537 married females, 537 married males, 532 families, 258 males attending school, 206 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 108, Males present who are not members of the family: 100, 71 male births, 65 widowed females, 60 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 52, 52 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 6 lunatic females, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 271 single males aged 15 to 20, 240 females aged 5 to 10, 231 males aged 5 to 10, 220 single males aged 10 to 15, 202 single females aged 15 to 20, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 165 single males aged 20 to 30, 162 single females aged 20 to 30, 154 married females aged 30 to 40, 150 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married males aged 40 to 50, 119 married females aged 40 to 50, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 males under age 1, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 67 females aged 1 to 2, 66 females aged 2 to 3, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 65 females under age 1, 57 married males aged 60 to 70, 56 females age 3 to 4, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 42 single females aged 30 to 40, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 married females aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,624 French Canadians, 18 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 18,570 pounds of maple sugar, 7,430 acres of land in farms, 5,579 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,643 bushels of potatoes, 1,851 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,738 pounds of homemade butter, 1,310 bushels of oats, 1,278 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,233 bushels of barley, 1,099 pounds of wool produced on farms, 582 pounds of flax or hemp, 558 acres of farmland under crops, 442 bushels of wheat, 396 bushels of rye, 319 sheep, 282 bushels of peas, 262 tons of hay, 146 acres of oats, 136 swine, 130 acres of barley, 116 barrels of beef, 101 milk cows, 92 acres of wheat, 80 barrels of pork, 75 horses, 71 occupants of farms, 70 acres of rye, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 62 acres of potatoes, 57 calves and heifers, 56 acres of peas, 31 bulls, oxen, or steers, 19 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,450 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 560 yards of fulled cloth, 550 woollen factories returning capital, 416 yards of flannel, 394 yards of linen, 275 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $140 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $50 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 5 employees in grist mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam, $  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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 67 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 34, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 33, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 17, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC060006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC170001_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3204356
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Islet_(L%27Islet-Station)

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'Islet, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-islet-qc060006-1851/.