La Présentation, Quebec (1851 census)

La Présentation was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,755. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3212031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.668°N, 73.062°W.

Population

In 1851, La Présentation had a population of 1,755: 849 male and 906 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, La Présentation shared boundaries with:

• St. Barnabé
• St. Charles
• St. Damase
• St. Denis
• St. Hyacinthe, Parish
• St. Judes

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,755 total population, 906 females, 849 males, Female members of the family who are present: 839, Male members of the family who are present: 804, 594 single females, 573 single males, 312 families, 266 married females, 262 married males, 140 females attending school, 117 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 67, 50 male births, 46 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, 40 female births, 14 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 132 males aged 5 to 10, 126 females aged 5 to 10, 105 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 single females aged 15 to 20, 83 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 females under age 1, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 38 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 34 males under age 1, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 males of unknown age, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (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 1,755 French Canadians, 11 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 279,915 tons of hay, 24,477 bushels of oats, 18,238 pounds of homemade butter, 16,494 acres of land in farms, 13,246 bushels of wheat, 12,894 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,838 bushels of peas, 7,526 acres of farmland under crops, 5,576 bushels of potatoes, 5,517 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,244 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,943 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,820 pounds of maple sugar, 3,600 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,463 pounds of tobacco, 2,402 acres of wheat, 2,354 acres of oats, 2,272 sheep, 1,572 acres of peas, 1,451 bushels of barley, 1,049 bushels of corn, 963 milk cows, 834 swine, 675 horses, 652 calves and heifers, 539 bushels of buckwheat, 311 barrels of pork, 268 bulls, oxen, or steers, 264 acres of potatoes, 222 occupants of farms, 148 acres of barley, 143 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 124 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 98 acres of buckwheat, 83 acres of corn, 50 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 47 barrels of beef, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 bushels of beans, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 bushels of carrots, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,938 yards of flannel, 2,777 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 saw mills not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   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 powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting, $  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), 544S yards of linen.   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 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 2 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: QC078003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC091001_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3212031
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation

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 Présentation, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-pr-sentation-qc078003-1851/.