Matapédia, Quebec (1851 census)

Matapédia was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 326. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3298232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.977°N, 67.116°W.

Population

In 1851, Matapédia had a population of 326: 202 male and 124 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, Matapédia shared boundaries with:

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• Restigouche

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 326 total population, 202 males, 163 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 140, 124 females, Female members of the family who are present: 110, 90 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 62, 35 families, 34 married males, 31 married females, 17 females attending school, 17 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 5 male births, 5 widowed males, 4 female births, 3 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 males aged 5 to 10, 27 single males aged 20 to 30, 26 females aged 5 to 10, 25 single males aged 15 to 20, 18 single females aged 10 to 15, 18 single females aged 15 to 20, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 males under age 1, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 females under age 1, 6 married females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 40 to 50, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 4 married males aged 20 to 30, 3 females aged 2 to 3, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 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 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 145 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 99 persons originating in New Brunswick, 27 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons originating in Scotland, 18 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 7,120 pounds of homemade butter, 5,615 acres of land in farms, 5,589 bushels of potatoes, 4,700 bushels of oats, 4,599 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,176 bushels of turnips, 1,068 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,016 acres of farmland under cultivation, 797 acres of farmland under crops, 559 tons of hay, 447 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 295 sheep, 225 bushels of wheat, 219 acres of farmland in pasture, 156 acres of oats, 150 bushels of barley, 108 milk cows, 93 calves and heifers, 71 bushels of rye, 60 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 swine, 52 acres of potatoes, 47 barrels of pork, 42 barrels of beef, 42 horses, 37 occupants of farms, 27 acres of turnips, 27 pounds of hops, 26 acres of wheat, 24 bushels of beans, 24 bushels of buckwheat, 20 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 bushels of peas, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of barley, 7 acres of buckwheat, 6 bushels of carrots, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of peas, 3 acres of rye, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,005 yards of flannel, 12 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production,   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 not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in woollen factories,   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 mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by 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. 2,000,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production.   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. $  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 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 1 person 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: QC051011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC148008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3298232

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). "Matapédia, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matap-dia-qc051011-1851/.