Maria, Quebec (1851 census)
Maria was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,349. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28154590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.213°N, 66.001°W.
Population
In 1851, Maria had a population of 1,349: 692 male and 657 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,349 |
| 1861 | 1,823 |
| 1871 | 2,138 |
| 1881 | 2,298 |
| 1901 | 2,460 |
| 1911 | 2,457 |
| 1921 | 1,946 |
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, Maria shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,349 total population, 692 males, Male members of the family who are present: 658, 657 females, Female members of the family who are present: 626, 575 single males, 444 single females, 222 families, 195 married females, 102 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 34, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, 24 female births, 23 male births, 21 males attending school, 19 females attending school, 18 widowed females, 15 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 102 males aged 5 to 10, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 83 single females aged 10 to 15, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 73 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 married females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 52 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 31 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 females under age 1, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 males under age 1, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 876 French Canadians, 339 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 80 Indigenous persons, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 42 female negroes or coloured persons, 38 male negroes or coloured persons, 37 persons originating in New Brunswick, 19 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 25,610 pounds of maple sugar, 21,153 bushels of potatoes, 19,163 acres of land in farms, 15,518 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,317 bushels of oats, 8,476 pounds of homemade butter, 3,645 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,406 bushels of wheat, 3,109 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,560 acres of farmland under crops, 1,618 sheep, 1,206 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,083 acres of farmland in pasture, 960 tons of hay, 946 bushels of barley, 764 bushels of turnips, 734 acres of oats, 520 swine, 351 milk cows, 320 acres of wheat, 285 bulls, oxen, or steers, 261 calves and heifers, 255 barrels of pork, 242 acres of potatoes, 200 occupants of farms, 174 bushels of rye, 167 bushels of peas, 166 horses, 105 barrels of beef, 90 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 62 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 44 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 acres of peas, 26 bushels of corn, 15 acres of turnips, 14 acres of rye, 12 bushels of buckwheat, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 pounds of hops, 3 acres of corn, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,019 yards of flannel, 1,834 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 750 saw mill plants, 744 yards of linen, 150 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 4 employees in grist mills, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 2, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, $1 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, employees in woollen factories, 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, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 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: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28154590
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). "Maria, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/maria-qc051006-1851/.