La Baie, Quebec (1851 census)
La Baie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,086. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.127°N, 72.690°W.
Population
In 1851, La Baie had a population of 3,086: 1,546 male and 1,540 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,086 |
| 1861 | 2,982 |
| 1871 | 2,691 |
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, La Baie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 201 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,086 total population, 1,546 males, 1,540 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,472, Female members of the family who are present: 1,418, 1,080 single males, 1,059 single females, 435 families, 434 married females, 432 married males, 207 males attending school, 204 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 122, Male members of the family who are present: 103, Males present who are not members of the family: 74, 60 male births, 48 female births, 47 widowed females, 34 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 5 lunatic males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 209 males aged 5 to 10, 208 females aged 5 to 10, 207 single males aged 15 to 20, 202 single females aged 15 to 20, 195 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 163 single females aged 20 to 30, 155 single males aged 20 to 30, 125 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 married males aged 30 to 40, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 married females aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 65 males under age 1, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 52 females under age 1, 48 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 single females aged 30 to 40, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 males of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,050 French Canadians, 28 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 769,163 tons of hay, 53,487 bushels of oats, 35,617 acres of land in farms, 29,184 pounds of homemade butter, 28,637 pounds of maple sugar, 22,948 bushels of wheat, 19,691 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,926 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,430 acres of farmland under crops, 12,097 pounds of flax or hemp, 10,201 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,935 bushels of potatoes, 7,938 bushels of peas, 6,259 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,400 sheep, 3,713 acres of oats, 3,371 bushels of buckwheat, 2,839 acres of wheat, 2,795 pounds of tobacco, 1,836 milk cows, 1,331 acres of peas, 1,203 bushels of barley, 1,112 bushels of corn, 1,100 swine, 884 horses, 821 calves and heifers, 796 bulls, oxen, or steers, 611 acres of buckwheat, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 312 occupants of farms, 300 bushels of turnips, 283 barrels of pork, 199 acres of potatoes, 129 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 126 acres of barley, 126 bushels of rye, 120 acres of corn, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 bushels of beans, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of rye, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 pounds of hops, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,969 yards of fulled cloth, 6,492 yards of linen, 3,968 yards of flannel, 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $225 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in distilleries, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 66 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 25 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Manseau | 1787–1866 | born here |
| Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière | 1792–1872 | born here |
| Pierre Beaubien | 1796–1881 | born here |
| L. (Louis) Proulx | 1804–1871 | born here |
| Michel Carrier | 1805–1859 | died here |
| Joseph Provencher | 1843–1887 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC083004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC134005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "La Baie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-baie-qc083004-1851/.