Morin, Quebec (1851 census)
Morin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 563. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244344. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.956°N, 74.225°W.
Population
In 1851, Morin had a population of 563: 314 male and 249 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 563 |
| 1861 | 454 |
| 1881 | 558 |
| 1891 | 471 |
| 1901 | 484 |
| 1911 | 498 |
| 1921 | 593 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Morin, 1861 (35.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Morin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 563 total population, 314 males, Male members of the family who are present: 294, 249 females, Female members of the family who are present: 229, 193 single males, 136 single females, 117 families, 113 married males, 107 married females, 23 female births, 21 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 8 widowed males, 6 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 males aged 5 to 10, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 5 to 10, 31 married males aged 30 to 40, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 27 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 single males aged 10 to 15, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 21 males under age 1, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 females under age 1, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 single males aged 20 to 30, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 428 French Canadians, 76 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 45 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 11,657 acres of land in farms, 10,439 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,370 tons of hay, 8,110 bushels of potatoes, 5,819 bushels of oats, 2,490 pounds of maple sugar, 1,536 bushels of buckwheat, 1,218 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,021 bushels of barley, 839 acres of farmland under crops, 745 pounds of homemade butter, 591 bushels of turnips, 379 acres of farmland in pasture, 321 acres of oats, 232 bushels of rye, 146 acres of buckwheat, 124 occupants of farms, 123 acres of potatoes, 114 pounds of flax or hemp, 104 milk cows, 103 swine, 93 pounds of tobacco, 90 acres of barley, 89 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 80 bushels of peas, 80 sheep, 65 horses, 38 bushels of wheat, 34 barrels of pork, 27 acres of rye, 23 calves and heifers, 23 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of peas, 14 acres of turnips, 13 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 acres of wheat, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 barrels of beef, 2 bushels of corn, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $275 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $75 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $75 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 45 yards of fulled cloth, 6 yards of flannel, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 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, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, 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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC079005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244344
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). "Morin, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/morin-qc079005-1851/.