Lavaltrie, Quebec (1851 census)

Lavaltrie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,367. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 73.325°W.

Population

In 1851, Lavaltrie had a population of 1,367: 666 male and 701 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, Lavaltrie shared boundaries with:

• Lanoraie
• L’Assomption
• St. Paul
• St. Sulpice

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 189 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,367 total population, 701 females, 666 males, Female members of the family who are present: 618, Male members of the family who are present: 605, 461 single females, 434 single males, 227 families, 223 married females, 220 married males, 101 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 83, 80 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 61, 24 female births, 20 male births, 17 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 88 single females aged 15 to 20, 86 single females aged 10 to 15, 84 females aged 5 to 10, 84 single males aged 15 to 20, 80 males aged 5 to 10, 64 single males aged 20 to 30, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 20 to 30, 57 married males aged 30 to 40, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 27 females under age 1, 27 males under age 1, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 21 females age 3 to 4, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,365 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 221,210 tons of hay, 23,075 bushels of oats, 17,430 pounds of homemade butter, 16,530 pounds of maple sugar, 14,489 acres of land in farms, 10,150 bushels of potatoes, 8,625 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,906 bushels of rye, 5,893 bushels of wheat, 5,864 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,237 acres of farmland under crops, 5,139 pounds of tobacco, 3,375 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,406 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,156 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,714 bushels of peas, 1,579 bushels of buckwheat, 1,552 acres of oats, 1,259 bushels of corn, 1,223 sheep, 1,189 acres of rye, 744 acres of wheat, 729 barrels of pork, 689 milk cows, 614 swine, 410 calves and heifers, 388 horses, 278 acres of peas, 174 occupants of farms, 147 bushels of barley, 141 bulls, oxen, or steers, 140 acres of potatoes, 117 acres of buckwheat, 62 acres of corn, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 acres of barley, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,626 yards of fulled cloth, 2,195 yards of linen, 1,197 yards of flannel, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, $2 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries reporting,   employees in foundries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   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,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  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).   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.   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 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC050006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043004_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141403
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavaltrie
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavaltrie

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). "Lavaltrie, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lavaltrie-qc050006-1851/.