Montmagny, Village, Quebec (1851 census)
Montmagny, Village was a village in L'Islet County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,221. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.
Population
In 1851, Montmagny, Village had a population of 1,221: 590 male and 631 female residents. Population density was 1198.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,221 |
| 1861 | 1,650 |
| 1871 | 1,512 |
| 1881 | 1,738 |
| 1891 | 1,697 |
| 1901 | 1,919 |
| 1911 | 2,617 |
| 1921 | 4,145 |
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, Montmagny, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 357 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 232 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 15 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 568 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 63 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 525 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 29 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 65 |
| Number of families | 232 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 32 |
| Number of females | 631 |
| Number of females attending school | 56 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 24 |
| Number of males | 590 |
| Number of males attending school | 87 |
| Number of married females | 197 |
| Number of married males | 194 |
| Number of single females | 402 |
| Number of single males | 383 |
| Number of widowed females | 32 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| POP | 1,221 |
| POP FX N.1 | 631 |
| POP MX N.1 | 590 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,221 |
| Total population | 1,221 |
Age structure (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 19 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 20 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 20 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 23 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 78 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 34 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 24 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 14 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 18 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 75 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 29 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 71 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 56 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 38 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 45 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 60 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 42 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 27 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 14 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 54 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 68 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 54 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 17 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 10 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 54 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 72 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 54 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 9 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,189 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 11 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 16 |
| Number of persons originating in Jersey or other British islands | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 3 |
Agriculture (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 2 |
| Acres of corn | 20 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 53 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 340 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 77 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 163 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 556 |
| Acres of land in farms | 633 |
| Acres of oats | 2,364 |
| Acres of peas | 413 |
| Acres of potatoes | 343 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 59 |
| BAR AC | 2 |
| BAR BU | 31 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 173 |
| BEEF BAR | 17 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 158 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 32,984 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2,885 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 26,777 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 559 |
| CRN AC | 20 |
| CRN BU | 158 |
| HAY TONS | 262 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 40 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 65 |
| Number of horses | 91 |
| Number of milk cows | 177 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 206 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 197 |
| Number of sheep | 170 |
| Number of swine | 172 |
| OAT AC | 2,364 |
| OAT BU | 32,984 |
| PEA AC | 413 |
| PEA BU | 2,885 |
| PORK BAR | 173 |
| POT AC | 343 |
| POT BU | 26,777 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 13 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 10,810 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 545 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 262 |
| WHT AC | 59 |
| WHT BU | 559 |
| WOOL LBS | 545 |
Manufacturing & industry (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production | 100 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | 350 |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | 2 |
| Number of employees in foundries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 25 |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills reporting weekly production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of saw mill plants | 450,000 |
| Number of saw mills | 6 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 6 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 6 |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 6 |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Number of woollen factories reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories returning capital | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 850 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 4,112 |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 347 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 334 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 70 |
Deaths & mortality (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 14 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 8 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 17 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 8 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 31 |
Other recorded variables (156 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 10,810 |
| BEN BU | 24 |
| BOV | 40 |
| C H | 65 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 590 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 631 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,221 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 525 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 568 |
| C06 GM NO WEEK | 1 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 65 |
| C07 GM BARRELS WEEK | 100 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 63 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 29 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 15 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD | 1 |
| C102 BTWN 80 AND 90 F S | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 4 |
| C110 BTWN 90 AND 100 F S | 1 |
| C113 BTWN 90 AND 100 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 24 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 194 |
| C127 S MALE | 383 |
| C128 WID MALE | 13 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 590 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 32 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 4,500 |
| C130 MD FEM | 197 |
| C131 S FEM | 402 |
| C132 WID FEM | 32 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 631 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,221 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 17 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 14 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 31 |
| C14 GM HANDS | 3 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 29 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 87 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 56 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 34 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 8 |
| C16 SM NO | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 8 |
| C18 SM WATER | 2 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 24 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 20 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 26 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 20 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 1 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 14 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 19 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 DEATHS UNDER 4 F | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 16,000 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 55 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 18 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 23 |
| C32 CFM NO | 3 |
| C33 CFM RETURNS | 2 |
| C33 DEATHS UNDER 5 F | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 75 |
| C34 CFM CAPITAL | 500 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 78 |
| C36 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 1 |
| C37 CFM HANDS | 2 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C38 CFM NO RETURN | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 54 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 54 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 72 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 68 |
| C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS | 2 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 45 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 54 |
| C52 TAN NO | 2 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 71 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 54 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C57 TAN NO RETURNS | 2 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 60 |
| C58 F NO | 1 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 7 |
| C59 F RETURNS | 1 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 1 |
| C60 F CAPITAL | 2,000 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 56 |
| C61 F PRODUCE | 250 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 17 |
| C62 F HANDS | 8 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 2 |
| C64 BTWN 30 AND 40 M DEATHS | 2 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 42 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 4 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 38 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 10 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 3 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 27 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 17 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 4 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 6 |
| C80 BTWN 50 AND 60 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 14 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 4 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 10 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 9 |
| C88 BTWN 60 AND 70 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 4 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 2 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 7 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 2 |
| C99 BTWN 80 AND 90 M S | 1 |
| CD NAME | L'Islet |
| CROP | 163 |
| CULT | 556 |
| ENG WLS | 11 |
| FC YRDS | 334 |
| FLAN YRDS | 347 |
| FLX LBS | 13 |
| FR | 1 |
| FREN ORIG | 1,189 |
| GARDEN | 53 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| HELD | 633 |
| HORSE | 91 |
| IRE | 16 |
| JE AND OTHR BI | 1 |
| LIN YRDS | 70 |
| LINE NO | 1,176 |
| M COWS | 177 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 3 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 1 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 2 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 3 |
| O UNDR 10 | 197 |
| PASTURE | 340 |
| SCOT | 3 |
| SHEEP | 170 |
| SWINE | 172 |
| TOT O | 206 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 40 |
| WOOD | 77 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC060001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC074014_1851— 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). "Montmagny, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-village-qc060001-1851/.