Notre-Dame, Quebec (1851 census)

Notre-Dame was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,022. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.793°N, 71.244°W.

Population

In 1851, Notre-Dame had a population of 3,022: 1,463 male and 1,559 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).

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 Notre Dame de Québec, 1861 (56.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Notre-Dame shared boundaries with:

• Québec, C
• St. Roch, No. 1
• St. Roch, No. 2
• Ste. Foye

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,022 total population, 1,559 females, 1,463 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,424, Male members of the family who are present: 1,345, 994 single females, 930 single males, 627 families, 506 married males, 503 married females, 246 males attending school, 182 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 135, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, 86 female births, 75 male births, 62 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 38, 27 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 221 married females aged 20 to 30, 206 single females aged 15 to 20, 202 males aged 5 to 10, 189 females aged 5 to 10, 188 married males aged 20 to 30, 158 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 married females aged 30 to 40, 148 single females aged 10 to 15, 128 single males aged 15 to 20, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 104 married males aged 40 to 50, 80 females under age 1, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 males aged 1 to 2, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 62 males under age 1, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 49 females age 3 to 4, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,102 persons originating in Ireland, 1,024 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 661 French Canadians, 118 persons originating in England or Wales, 91 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in the United States, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 101,100 tons of hay, 8,105 bushels of turnips, 4,011 bushels of potatoes, 1,635 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,443 acres of land in farms, 1,206 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,000 bushels of oats, 886 acres of farmland under crops, 593 bushels of wheat, 505 bushels of barley, 349 pounds of wool produced on farms, 293 bushels of carrots, 237 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 205 acres of farmland in pasture, 156 sheep, 128 horses, 115 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 108 milk cows, 91 swine, 90 bushels of rye, 73 acres of potatoes, 68 occupants of farms, 62 bushels of corn, 53 bushels of peas, 50 bushels of beans, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 38 acres of oats, 33 acres of turnips, 33 calves and heifers, 23 acres of wheat, 23 pounds of hops, 20 pounds of tobacco, 16 acres of barley, 16 bulls, oxen, or steers, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of peas, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   employees in tanneries,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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: QC069001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC195002 — 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). "Notre-Dame, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-qc069001-1851/.