Pointe du Lac, Quebec (1851 census)

Pointe du Lac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,602. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3393527. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.316°N, 72.703°W.

Population

In 1851, Pointe du Lac had a population of 1,602: 837 male and 765 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, Pointe du Lac shared boundaries with:

• St. Etienne
• Three Rivers, Parish
• Yamachiche

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 197 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,602 total population, 837 males, Male members of the family who are present: 791, 765 females, Female members of the family who are present: 723, 586 single males, 512 single females, 250 families, 228 married males, 222 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 50, Males present who are not members of the family: 46, Females present who are not members of the family: 42, 31 widowed females, 24 male births, 23 widowed males, 20 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 4 females attending school, 4 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 males attending school, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 131 males aged 5 to 10, 104 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 females aged 5 to 10, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 89 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 single females aged 15 to 20, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 married females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 married males aged 40 to 50, 49 females aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 31 males under age 1, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 23 females under age 1, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 males of unknown age, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,593 French Canadians, 4 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 149,180 tons of hay, 23,327 bushels of oats, 22,528 pounds of maple sugar, 16,288 acres of land in farms, 10,190 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,734 pounds of homemade butter, 7,231 bushels of potatoes, 6,098 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,170 bushels of wheat, 3,842 acres of farmland under crops, 2,833 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,741 bushels of rye, 2,425 bushels of buckwheat, 2,247 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,890 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,373 sheep, 1,222 acres of oats, 1,062 bushels of peas, 776 pounds of tobacco, 580 bushels of turnips, 548 milk cows, 519 bushels of barley, 516 swine, 508 bushels of corn, 449 acres of wheat, 371 calves and heifers, 323 barrels of pork, 316 horses, 313 acres of buckwheat, 302 acres of rye, 212 occupants of farms, 154 acres of peas, 137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 102 acres of potatoes, 67 barrels of beef, 63 acres of corn, 61 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of barley, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 bushels of beans, 14 bushels of carrots, 14 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,512 yards of linen, 1,704 yards of flannel, 1,407 yards of fulled cloth, 650 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 320 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $300 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $180 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in foundries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting, $  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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, 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 2 people 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: QC073004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3393527
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-du-Lac
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-du-Lac

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). "Pointe du Lac, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-du-lac-qc073004-1851/.