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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

La Visitation, Champlain, Quebec (1851 census)

La Visitation, Champlain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.461°N, 72.402°W.

Population

In 1851, La Visitation, Champlain had a population of 1,923: 984 male and 939 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, La Visitation, Champlain shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,923 total population, 984 males, 939 females, Male members of the family who are present: 932, Female members of the family who are present: 897, 645 single males, 589 single females, 323 married females, 320 married males, 266 families, 142 males attending school, 132 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, Females present who are not members of the family: 42, 35 female births, 27 widowed females, 26 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 22, 19 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 6 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 128 males aged 5 to 10, 123 females aged 5 to 10, 112 single males aged 10 to 15, 104 single males aged 15 to 20, 98 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 single females aged 15 to 20, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 61 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 38 females age 3 to 4, 38 females under age 1, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males under age 1, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,888 French Canadians, 20 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 226,795 tons of hay, 32,220 bushels of oats, 26,993 acres of land in farms, 20,021 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,680 bushels of potatoes, 10,329 pounds of homemade butter, 10,115 pounds of maple sugar, 7,948 pounds of flax or hemp, 6,972 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,076 bushels of wheat, 4,557 bushels of buckwheat, 4,344 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,269 acres of farmland under crops, 2,668 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,263 pounds of tobacco, 2,067 bushels of peas, 1,862 sheep, 1,460 acres of oats, 1,000 milk cows, 746 swine, 626 bushels of rye, 575 bushels of corn, 516 acres of wheat, 359 horses, 313 bushels of barley, 302 barrels of pork, 275 calves and heifers, 273 acres of buckwheat, 258 acres of peas, 247 occupants of farms, 206 bulls, oxen, or steers, 182 acres of potatoes, 122 bushels of turnips, 87 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 82 bushels of carrots, 78 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 63 acres of rye, 63 barrels of beef, 49 acres of corn, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 acres of barley, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 bushels of beans, 9 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,587 yards of linen, 1,961 yards of flannel, 1,807 yards of fulled cloth, $650 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 100 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $90 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in breweries,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 60 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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 Visitation, Champlain, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-visitation-champlain-qc053003-1851/.