Matane, Township, Quebec (1851 census)
Matane, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 113. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.745°N, 67.669°W.
Population
In 1851, Matane, Township had a population of 113: 52 male and 61 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 113 |
| 1861 | 549 |
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, Township shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 113 total population, 61 females, Female members of the family who are present: 58, 52 males, Male members of the family who are present: 50, 41 single females, 33 single males, 21 families, 17 married females, 17 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 3 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 2, 2 female births, 2 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 14 females aged 5 to 10, 10 single females aged 15 to 20, 7 married females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 10 to 15, 6 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 10 to 15, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 males aged 5 to 10, 4 married males aged 20 to 30, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 married females aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 2 to 3, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 married males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 102 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 3,818 acres of land in farms, 3,550 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,430 pounds of maple sugar, 779 bushels of potatoes, 600 tons of hay, 583 bushels of wheat, 364 bushels of barley, 268 acres of farmland under cultivation, 195 acres of farmland under crops, 86 acres of wheat, 73 acres of farmland in pasture, 70 bushels of oats, 70 bushels of rye, 63 bushels of peas, 51 pounds of wool produced on farms, 45 acres of barley, 33 sheep, 30 acres of peas, 30 swine, 17 occupants of farms, 16 barrels of pork, 16 milk cows, 13 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of oats, 10 acres of rye, 10 horses, 7 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 6 calves and heifers, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 pounds of flax or hemp, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 22,000 saw mill plants, $8,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $2,400 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 58 employees in saw mills, 30 yards of fulled cloth, 22 yards of flannel, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 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 grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, 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, grist mills returning capital, 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, 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 capital returned by 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045004— 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, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matane-township-qc071019-1851/.