Montréal, cité, Quebec (1851 census)
Montréal, cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 57,715. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.506°N, 73.565°W.
Population
In 1851, Montréal, cité had a population of 57,715: 27,734 male and 29,981 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Ann’s Ward, 1861 (19.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Antoine Ward, 1861 (30.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained West Ward, 1861 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Centre Ward, 1861 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Lawrence Ward, 1861 (7.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Religious Institutions, 1861 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained East Ward, 1861 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Lewis’ Ward, 1861 (6.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. James’ Ward, 1861 (10.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Mary’s Ward, 1861 (18.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Montréal, cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 204 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 57,715 total population, 29,981 females, 27,734 males, Female members of the family who are present: 24,745, Male members of the family who are present: 23,482, 20,367 single females, 18,547 single males, 9,990 families, 9,188 married females, 8,786 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 5,236, 4,256 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 4,252, 3,203 females attending school, 1,114 male births, 948 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 607, 426 widowed females, 401 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 335, 56 lunatic males, 54 deaf and dumb males, 49 blind males, 34 lunatic females, 31 blind females, 31 deaf and dumb females, 7 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 3,652 single females aged 15 to 20, 3,533 females aged 5 to 10, 3,429 married females aged 20 to 30, 3,307 males aged 5 to 10, 3,285 single males aged 10 to 15, 3,204 single females aged 10 to 15, 3,160 single females aged 20 to 30, 3,005 single males aged 15 to 20, 2,905 married males aged 30 to 40, 2,672 single males aged 20 to 30, 2,651 married females aged 30 to 40, 2,233 married males aged 20 to 30, 1,845 married males aged 40 to 50, 1,629 married females aged 40 to 50, 1,152 males under age 1, 1,140 females under age 1, 1,073 males aged 1 to 2, 1,046 married males aged 50 to 60, 1,021 females aged 1 to 2, 976 females aged 2 to 3, 963 single females aged 30 to 40, 898 males aged 2 to 3, 837 females age 3 to 4, 830 males aged 3 to 4, 828 married females aged 50 to 60, 778 single males aged 30 to 40, 727 males aged 4 to 5, 710 females aged 4 to 5, 522 married males aged 60 to 70, 469 single females aged 40 to 50, 388 single males aged 40 to 50, 319 married females aged 60 to 70, 299 single females aged 50 to 60, 223 married females aged 15 to 20, 178 females of unknown age, 158 single males aged 50 to 60, 143 single females aged 60 to 70, 138 married males aged 70 to 80, 110 males of unknown age, 106 single males aged 60 to 70, 99 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 98 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 97 married females aged 70 to 80, 96 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 89 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 67 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 66 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 66 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 63 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 61 married males aged 15 to 20, 57 single females aged 70 to 80, 49 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 46 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 44 single males aged 70 to 80, 35 married males aged 80 to 90, 28 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 26 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 20 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 18 single females aged 80 to 90, 12 married females aged 80 to 90, 10 single males aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 single males aged 90 to 100, 6 single females aged 90 to 100, 2 single males over 100, 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 24,506 French Canadians, 6,985 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6,344 persons originating in Ireland, 1,819 persons whose origin is unknown, 1,280 persons originating in England or Wales, 648 persons originating in Scotland, 120 persons originating in the United States, 75 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 53 persons originating in all other places, 43 persons originating in France, 36 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 30 persons originating in New Brunswick, 26 persons originating in the West Indies, 15 persons originating in Newfoundland, 7 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 6 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 5 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 18 persons originating in Guernsey, 28 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $2,700 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 130 employees in tanneries, 33 employees in foundries, 33 tanneries, 26 tanneries reporting, 8 employees in grist mills, 7 tanneries not reporting, 3 foundries, 2 breweries, 2 breweries not reporting, 2 foundries reporting, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in saw mills, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, 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, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries 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). $57,480 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 1,725 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 905, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 820, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 240, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 220, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 90, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 89, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 69, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 61, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 60, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 54, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 52, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 52, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 49, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 48, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 46, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 46, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 42, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 41, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 40, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 37, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 36, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 36, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 35, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 33, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 33, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 30, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 30, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 28, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 27, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 26, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 25, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 24, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 2 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Sandham | 1838–1910 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC085000— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC085000— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q340
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al
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). "Montréal, cité, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-cit-qc085000-1851/.