Laprairie (part), Quebec (1851 census)

Laprairie (part) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 380. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.450°N, 73.423°W.

Population

In 1851, Laprairie (part) had a population of 380: 189 male and 191 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 became part of Laprairie, Parish, 1861 (16.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Laprairie (part) shared boundaries with:

• Chambly, Parish
• Laprairie
• Longueuil (part)

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 380 total population, 191 females, 189 males, Female members of the family who are present: 175, Male members of the family who are present: 173, 127 single males, 125 single females, 67 families, 59 married females, 56 married males, 29 females attending school, 24 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 7 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5 male births, 4 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 28 single females aged 15 to 20, 26 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 females aged 5 to 10, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 10 to 15, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 16 males aged 5 to 10, 16 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 20 to 30, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 8 females age 3 to 4, 7 males aged 1 to 2, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 males under age 1, 5 married males aged 40 to 50, 4 females under age 1, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males 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 380 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 200,100 tons of hay, 9,269 bushels of oats, 5,616 acres of land in farms, 4,707 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,631 acres of farmland under crops, 3,148 bushels of wheat, 2,825 pounds of homemade butter, 1,920 bushels of peas, 1,376 bushels of potatoes, 1,340 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,076 acres of farmland in pasture, 909 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 700 acres of oats, 602 pounds of tobacco, 515 sheep, 494 acres of wheat, 349 bushels of buckwheat, 299 horses, 282 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 275 milk cows, 267 pounds of flax or hemp, 204 swine, 197 acres of peas, 192 bushels of corn, 151 bushels of barley, 138 barrels of pork, 123 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 109 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 70 calves and heifers, 41 occupants of farms, 36 acres of buckwheat, 31 acres of potatoes, 23 bushels of beans, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 bulls, oxen, or steers, 15 bushels of carrots, 11 acres of corn, 9 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 546 yards of fulled cloth, 344 yards of flannel, 144 yards of linen,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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 saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, 2 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC052003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC052003 — 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). "Laprairie (part), Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/laprairie-part-qc052003-1851/.