Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1851 census)
Laprairie, Village was a village in Huntingdon County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 73.489°W.
Population
In 1851, Laprairie, Village had a population of 1,757: 814 male and 943 female residents. Population density was 853.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,757 |
| 1861 | 1,523 |
| 1871 | 1,259 |
| 1881 | 1,340 |
| 1891 | 1,246 |
| 1901 | 1,451 |
| 1911 | 2,388 |
| 1921 | 2,158 |
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, Laprairie, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 324 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 342 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 868 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 75 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 754 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 1 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 60 |
| Number of blind males | 2 |
| Number of deaf and dumb females | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 342 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 32 |
| Number of females | 943 |
| Number of females attending school | 92 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 34 |
| Number of males | 814 |
| Number of males attending school | 94 |
| Number of married females | 261 |
| Number of married males | 274 |
| Number of single females | 625 |
| Number of single males | 515 |
| Number of widowed females | 57 |
| Number of widowed males | 25 |
| POP | 1,757 |
| POP FX N.1 | 943 |
| POP MX N.1 | 814 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,757 |
| Total population | 1,757 |
Age structure (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 20 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 36 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 24 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 21 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 137 |
| Number of females of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 36 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 40 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 27 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 23 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 118 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 36 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 7 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 61 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 78 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 63 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 28 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 18 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of married females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 46 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 87 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 53 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 52 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 20 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 10 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 5 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 136 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 105 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 63 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 18 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 11 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 9 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 114 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 70 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 38 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 9 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 8 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 12 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 11 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 7 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
Ethnic origin (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,552 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 100 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 25 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 2 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 42 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 18 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 18 |
Agriculture (47 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 2 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 8 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 55 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 441 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,000 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 1,055 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,496 |
| Acres of oats | 140 |
| Acres of peas | 20 |
| Acres of potatoes | 10 |
| Acres of wheat | 33 |
| BAR AC | 2 |
| BAR BU | 20 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,840 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 208 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 415 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 349 |
| BWT AC | 8 |
| BWT BU | 84 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 50 |
| HAY TONS | 58,100 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 2 |
| Number of horses | 52 |
| Number of milk cows | 28 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 18 |
| Number of swine | 16 |
| OAT AC | 140 |
| OAT BU | 1,840 |
| PEA AC | 20 |
| PEA BU | 208 |
| POT AC | 10 |
| POT BU | 415 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 158 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 50 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 58,100 |
| WHT AC | 33 |
| WHT BU | 349 |
| WOOL LBS | 50 |
Manufacturing & industry (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills reporting weekly production | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 60 |
Deaths & mortality (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 13 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 9 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 22 |
Other recorded variables (128 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 158 |
| C H | 2 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 814 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 943 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,757 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 754 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 868 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 60 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 75 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 1 |
| C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 3 |
| C105 BTWN 80 AND 90 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 34 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 274 |
| C127 S MALE | 515 |
| C128 WID MALE | 25 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 814 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 32 |
| C130 MD FEM | 261 |
| C131 S FEM | 625 |
| C132 WID FEM | 57 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 943 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,757 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 9 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 13 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 22 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 36 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 94 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 92 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C146 DEAF AND DUMB F | 1 |
| C147 BLIND M | 2 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 36 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 40 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 36 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 27 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 24 |
| C24 DEATHS UNDER 3 M | 1 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 3 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 23 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 20 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 26 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 21 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 118 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 137 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 114 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 136 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 70 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 7 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 105 |
| C49 BTWN 15 AND 20 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 46 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 38 |
| C52 BTWN 20 AND 30 M WID | 2 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 61 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 63 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 2 |
| C57 BTWN 20 AND 30 F DEATHS | 3 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 87 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 5 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 4 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 78 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 18 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 9 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 53 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 7 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 63 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 11 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 3 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 52 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 5 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 28 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 9 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 8 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 20 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 3 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 4 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 18 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 6 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 12 |
| C88 BTWN 60 AND 70 M DEATHS | 2 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 10 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 4 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 4 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 5 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 11 |
| C96 BTWN 70 AND 80 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 5 |
| CD NAME | Huntingdon |
| CID GAL | 50 |
| CROP | 1,000 |
| CULT | 1,055 |
| ENG WLS | 25 |
| FC YRDS | 60 |
| FR | 2 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,552 |
| HELD | 1,496 |
| HORSE | 52 |
| IRE | 42 |
| LINE NO | 1,132 |
| M COWS | 28 |
| NOT FRN | 100 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 2 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 1 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 4 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 3 |
| O OVR 200 | 1 |
| O UNDR 10 | 1 |
| PASTURE | 55 |
| SCOT | 18 |
| SHEEP | 18 |
| SWINE | 16 |
| TOT O | 12 |
| US | 18 |
| WOOD | 441 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064008— 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, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/laprairie-village-qc057002-1851/.