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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2145

Québec, C, Quebec (1851 census)

Québec, C was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 42,052. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.811°N, 71.218°W.

Population

In 1851, Québec, C had a population of 42,052: 20,966 male and 21,086 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
185142,052
192195,193

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Québec, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 190 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 42,052 total population, 21,086 females, 20,966 males, Female members of the family who are present: 18,085, Male members of the family who are present: 17,637, 14,013 single males, 13,271 single females, 6,827 families, 6,363 married males, 6,240 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 3,329, 3,113 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 3,001, 2,595 females attending school, 1,575 widowed females, 898 female births, 893 male births, 590 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 407, Female members of the family who are absent: 184, 26 deaf and dumb males, 16 blind females, 16 lunatic males, 15 blind males, 11 lunatic females, 8 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 2,310 females aged 5 to 10, 2,260 married females aged 20 to 30, 2,206 males aged 5 to 10, 2,122 married males aged 30 to 40, 2,103 single males aged 10 to 15, 2,103 single males aged 15 to 20, 2,101 single females aged 20 to 30, 2,007 single females aged 10 to 15, 1,929 single males aged 20 to 30, 1,786 males of unknown age, 1,599 married males aged 20 to 30, 1,378 married males aged 40 to 50, 1,127 married females aged 40 to 50, 910 males under age 1, 840 females under age 1, 812 married males aged 50 to 60, 731 males aged 1 to 2, 706 females aged 1 to 2, 619 females aged 2 to 3, 609 females aged 4 to 5, 578 single females aged 30 to 40, 551 males aged 2 to 3, 532 married females aged 50 to 60, 531 males aged 3 to 4, 529 males aged 4 to 5, 501 females age 3 to 4, 501 single females aged 15 to 20, 398 single males aged 30 to 40, 372 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 348 married males aged 60 to 70, 315 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 273 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 272 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 250 single females aged 40 to 50, 186 married females aged 15 to 20, 166 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 152 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 144 single females aged 50 to 60, 143 married females aged 60 to 70, 132 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 111 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 106 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 102 single males aged 40 to 50, 97 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 80 single males aged 50 to 60, 73 married males aged 70 to 80, 55 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 52 single females aged 60 to 70, 51 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 45 married females aged 70 to 80, 44 single males aged 60 to 70, 41 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 33 females of unknown age, 20 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 18 single females aged 70 to 80, 16 married males aged 15 to 20, 15 married males aged 80 to 90, 9 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 26,020 French Canadians, 12,494 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 11,736 persons originating in Ireland, 3,150 persons originating in Scotland, 2,858 persons originating in England or Wales, 919 persons originating in the United States, 405 persons originating in all other places, 133 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 53 employees in tanneries, 43 employees in grist mills, 42 employees in distilleries, 40 employees in breweries, 9 grist mills not reporting, 9 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 8 tanneries, 7 foundries, 7 foundries not reporting, 5 breweries, 5 breweries not reporting, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 tanneries not reporting, 4 tanneries reporting, 2 distilleries, 2 grist mills, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills powered by steam,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries reporting,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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,   saw mill plants,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 1,081,250 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $34,772 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 30,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, 2 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 1,064 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 565, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 499, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 185, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 168, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 69, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 59, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 44, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 42, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 32, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 32, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 31, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 31, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 29, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 27, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 26, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 25, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 22, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 22, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 22, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 21, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 18, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 18, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 17, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 17, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 16, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 14, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 3, 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: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 254 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

NameLifespanConnection
François-Xavier Larue1763–1855born here
John William Woolsey1767–1853born here
Augustin-René Langlois1770–1852born here
Sir Gordon Drummond1772–1854born here
Thomas George William Eaststaff1772–1854died here
John Stewart1773–1858born here
Jérôme Demers1774–1853born and died here
Thomas Maguire1776–1854died here
Daniel Wilkie1777–1851died here
George Black1778–1854died here
Edward Bowen1780–1866died here
Gabriel Marchand1780–1852born here
J. (James) Stuart1780–1853died here
Urbain Desrochers1781–1860died here
G. (George) Vanfelson1784–1856born here
Antoine Parant1785–1855born here
Louis-Joseph Massue1786–1869died here
Philippe Aubert de Gaspé1786–1871born and died here
Pierre-Flavien Turgeon1787–1867born and died here
Robert Christie1787–1856died here
Rémi Gaulin1787–1857born here
James Godfrey Hanna1788–1851born here
John Munn1788–1859died here
Joseph-Marie Bellenger1788–1856born here
G.-B. (Georges-Barthélemi) Faribault1789–1866born and died here
Archibald Campbell1790–1862born here
Peter Skene Ogden1790–1854born here
Charles Richard Ogden1791–1866born here
Joseph Marcoux1791–1855born here
Philippe Panet1791–1855born and died here
Thomas Baillairgé1791–1859born and died here
Alfred Hawkins1792–1854died here
Louis-Édouard Glackmeyer1793–1881born and died here
Charles-François-Xavier Baby1794–1864born and died here
Jean-Joseph Girouard1794–1855born here
Joseph Morrin1794–1861died here
Stewart Derbishire1794–1863died here
Charles Drolet1795–1873born and died here
Jean Blanchet1795–1857died here
Joseph Légaré1795–1855born and died here
François-Xavier Méthot1796–1853born and died here
Joseph Parant1796–1856born and died here
Martin Somerville1796–1856died here
Patrick McMahon1796–1851died here
Thomas David Morrison1796–1856born here
François Sasseville1797–1864died here
Joseph-François Deblois1797–1860born and died here
Pierre-Martial Bardy1797–1869born and died here
T. (Thomas) Boutillier1797–1861born here
Thomas Ainslie Young1797–1860born and died here
Charles-François Baillargeon1798–1870died here
Henry Black1798–1873born here
Jacques Dorion1798–1877born here
Étienne Chartier1798–1853born and died here
André Paquet1799–1860born here
Nicolas Point1799–1868died here
Charles Harper1800–1855born here
Dunbar Ross1800–1865died here
Edward Hale1800–1875born and died here
Flavien Durocher1800–1876died here
Narcisse-Charles Fortier1800–1859born here
R.E. (René Édouard) Caron1800–1876born here
Hippolyte Dubord1801–1872died here
John Herbert Caddy1801–1883born here
Charles-Hilaire Têtu1802–1863born here
Étienne Parent1802–1874born here
J. Bell (James Bell) Forsyth1802–1869died here
Augustin-Norbert Morin1803–1865born here
David Burnet1803–1853died here
George Burns Symes1803–1863born here
Jeffery Hale1803–1864born here
Antoine Plamondon1804–1895born here
David Gibson1804–1864died here
Marcelle Mallet1805–1871died here
Robert-Shore-Milnes Bouchette1805–1879born and died here
C. Frémont1806–1862born here
Édouard Gingras1806–1857born here
Jean Chabot1806–1860born and died here
Thomas Cushing Aylwin1806–1871born here
Charles-Félix Cazeau1807–1881born and died here
George Okill Stuart1807–1884died here
George Paschal Desbarats1808–1864born here
Louis de Gonzague Baillairgé1808–1896born and died here
Louis-Jacques Casault1808–1862born and died here
Léon Gingras1808–1860born here
Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau1808–1894born and died here
François-Xavier Garneau1809–1866born here
Pierre Drouin1810–1860born here
John Egan1811–1857died here
Joseph Laurin1811–1888born here
Olivier Robitaille1811–1896born and died here
Andrew Godfrey Stuart1812–1891born and died here
Cyrille Delagrave1812–1877died here
F. Réal (François Réal) Angers1812–1860born and died here
P.N. (Philippe Napoléon) Pacaud1812–1884born here
William James Anderson1812–1873died here
Louis-Édouard Bois1813–1889born here
Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry1813–1867died here
Pierre Gauvreau1813–1884born and died here
François Xavier Lafrance1814–1867born here
Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis1814–1871born here
Jean-Thomas Taschereau1814–1893born and died here
Pierre de Boucherville1814–1894born here
Jean-Étienne Landry1815–1884died here
Zacharie Vincent1815–1886born and died here
Félix-Emmanuel Juneau1816–1886born here
Jean-Baptiste Renaud1816–1884died here
John Buckworth Parkin1816–1875died here
Joseph Cauchon1816–1885born here
Joséphine-Éléonore d'Estimauville1816–1893born here
Charles Joseph Alleyn1817–1890died here
Edward John Horan1817–1875born here
Georges-Honoré Simard1817–1873born here
Sir Francis Godschall Johnson1817–1894died here
Théophile Hamel1817–1870died here
Ulric J. (Ulric Joseph) Tessier1817–1892born and died here
Alexandre René Chaussegros de Léry1818–1880born and died here
Augustin Côté1818–1904born and died here
Eugène Chinic1818–1889born and died here
François Vézina1818–1882born here
Zéphirin Paquet1818–1905born here
Auguste Soulard1819–1852born here
Cyprien Tanguay1819–1902born here, buried here
David Alexander Ross1819–1897born and died here
Isidore Thibaudeau1819–1893born and died here
James Gibb Ross1819–1888died here
Joseph-Louis Painchaud1819–1855born here
Pierre Lespérance1819–1882born here
Eléar-Alexandre Taschereau1820–1898died here
James Huston1820–1854born and died here
Joseph-Olivier Coté1820–1882born here
Pierre-J.-Olivier (Pierre-Joseph-Olivier) Chauveau1820–1890born and died here
Calixte Marquis1821–1904born here
F.-X. (François-Xavier) Toussaint1821–1895died here
François Évanturel1821–1891born and died here
Jean Langevin1821–1892born here
Stanislas Drapeau1821–1893born here
Antoine Racine1822–1893born here
Marc-Aurèle Plamondon1823–1900born here
Pierre Garneau1823–1905died here
Edmond Langevin1824–1889born here
George-Fréderic-Théophile Baillairgé1824–1909born here
James Green Stewart1825–1881born here
James Williams1825–1892died here
Jean-Docile Brousseau1825–1908born and died here
Michael Lavell1825–1901born here
Sir James Macpherson Le Moine1825–1912born here
Thomas McGreevy1825–1897born and died here
Antoine Dessane1826–1873died here
Charles Baillairgé1826–1906born and died here
George Irvine1826–1897born and died here
John Henry Willan1826–1888born here
Laverdière1826–1873died here
Louis-Ovide Brunet1826–1876born and died here
Léger Brousseau1826–1890born here
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin1826–1906born and died here
John Hearn1827–1894died here
Octave Crémazie1827–1879born here
P. A. (Pierre Alexis) Tremblay1827–1879died here
Pierre-Vincent Valin1827–1897born and died here
Sigismund Mohr1827–1893died here
William Henry Baldwin1827–1894born here
George Taylor Davie1828–1907born here
Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele1828–1904born here
Daniel Carey1829–1890born here
F. J. (Francis Jones) Barnard1829–1889born here
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière1829–1908died here
Joseph Shehyn1829–1918born and died here
F.-X. (François-Xavier) Berlinguet1830–1916born here
J. B. Livernois1830–1865died here
Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy1830–1903born and died here
William Augustus Leggo1830–1915born here
Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau1831–1894born and died here
Célestin Lavigueur1831–1885born here
Ferdinand Villeneuve1831–1909born here
George Richard Renfrew1831–1897born here
Henri-Raymond Casgrain1831–1904born and died here
Jean-Baptiste Cloutier1831–1920born here
John Ross1831–1901born here
Benjamin Paquet1832–1900born here
Charlotte Nickinson1832–1910born here
Félix-Gabriel Marchand1832–1900died here
Jean-Baptiste Côté1832–1907born and died here
Philippe Vallière1832–1919born and died here
Pierre Hamel1832–1905born here
Wilfrid-Étienne Brunet1832–1899born and died here
François-Alexandre-Hubert La Rue1833–1881died here
François-Xavier Bélanger1833–1882died here
Ernest Gagnon1834–1915died here
Guillaume Boivin1834–1912born here
Felix Carbray1835–1907born and died here
John Costigan1835–1916born here
Eugène-Étienne Taché1836–1912born and died here
Joseph-Xavier Perrault1836–1905born here
Louis-Amable Jetté1836–1920died here
Boucher de la Bruère1837–1917died here
George John Bowles1837–1887born here
John James Browne1837–1893born here
Louis-Prudent Vallée1837–1905born and died here
Malvina Gagné1837–1920born here
Pamphile Le May1837–1918born here
George-Édouard Desbarats1838–1893born here
Alexander Begg1839–1897born here
Laurent Catellier1839–1918died here
Louis Fréchette1839–1908born here
Arthur Buies1840–1901died here
Evan John Price1840–1899born here
Louis-Nazaire Bégin1840–1925died here
William Dawson Lesueur1840–1917born here
Bernard Leonard1841–1924died here
Cyrille Duquet1841–1922born and died here
Henri Thomas Taschereau1841–1909born here
Michele Rigali1841–1910died here
Amelia Le Sueur1842–1913born here
Gustave Gagnon1842–1930died here
Henry J. (Henry James) Morgan1842–1913born here
Louis-Philippe Turcotte1842–1878died here
Théophile Montminy1842–1899born here
Adolphe Caron1843–1908born here
Cléophas Rochette1843–1895born here
Frederick Montizambert1843–1929born here
Guillaume Amyot1843–1896born and died here
David Ouellet1844–1915died here
Faucher de Saint-Maurice1844–1897born and died here
M.J. (Michael Joseph) Ahern1844–1914born and died here
William Wakeham1844–1915born here
Eugène Hamel1845–1932born and died here
Félicité Angers1845–1924born and died here
John Murdoch Harper1845–1919died here
Charles-Antoine-Ernest Gagnon1846–1901died here
Charles-Eusèbe Dionne1846–1925died here
Henri-Edmond Casgrain1846–1914died here
Louis-Zéphirin Joncas1846–1903died here
Philippe Landry1846–1919born and died here
Edmund James Flynn1847–1927died here
Némèse Garneau1847–1937died here
Arthur Vallée1848–1903born here
Harry Staveley1848–1925born and died here
Narcisse-Eutrope Dionne1848–1917died here
Nazaire LeVasseur1848–1927born and died here
Stanislas-Alphonse Roberge1848–1924born here
François-Xavier Drolet1849–1924died here
J.C.K. (Joseph Clovis Kemner) Laflamme1849–1910died here
Joseph Vézina1849–1924born and died here
Joseph-Narcisse Gastonguay1849–1922born here
Charles Langelier1850–1920died here
Charles-Amédée Vallée1850–1924born here
Elzéar Charest1850–1927died here
Ernest Pacaud1850–1904died here
Eugène Rouillard1851–1926born and died here
J.-E. (Jules-Ernest) Livernois1851–1933died here
Jules-Paul Tardivel1851–1905died here
Pierre-Théophile Legaré1851–1926born here
Auguste-Réal Angersd. 1919born here

Identifiers

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). "Québec, C, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-c-qc084000-1851/.