Matane, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)
Matane, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,083. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.830°N, 67.470°W.
Population
In 1851, Matane, Parish had a population of 1,083: 548 male and 535 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,083 |
| 1861 | 1,761 |
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, Matane, Parish shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,083 total population, 548 males, 535 females, Male members of the family who are present: 489, Female members of the family who are present: 485, 376 single males, 361 single females, 174 families, 163 married females, 163 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 38 male births, 35 female births, 11 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 78 males aged 5 to 10, 77 females aged 5 to 10, 67 single females aged 10 to 15, 66 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 married females aged 20 to 30, 57 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married females aged 30 to 40, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 35 males under age 1, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females under age 1, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 17 females age 3 to 4, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 954 French Canadians, 115 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 69,400 tons of hay, 18,810 pounds of maple sugar, 17,380 acres of land in farms, 13,157 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,730 pounds of homemade butter, 4,801 bushels of barley, 4,732 bushels of potatoes, 4,599 bushels of wheat, 4,223 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,333 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,108 bushels of rye, 1,919 bushels of peas, 1,890 acres of farmland under crops, 1,525 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,210 bushels of oats, 907 sheep, 638 acres of wheat, 496 acres of barley, 335 swine, 296 pounds of flax or hemp, 294 acres of peas, 253 milk cows, 238 acres of rye, 176 acres of oats, 167 barrels of pork, 147 horses, 136 occupants of farms, 105 calves and heifers, 61 bulls, oxen, or steers, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 acres of potatoes, 32 barrels of beef, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $6,570 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $2,000 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 987 yards of fulled cloth, 975 yards of flannel, $325 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 321 yards of linen, 34 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, 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, saw mill plants, 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, 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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (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). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 97 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045005— 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). "Matane, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matane-parish-qc071020-1851/.