Repentigny, Quebec (1851 census)

Repentigny was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,879. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.766°N, 73.476°W.

Population

In 1851, Repentigny had a population of 1,879: 958 male and 921 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 Repentigny, 1861 (37.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Paul l'Ermite, 1861 (62.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Repentigny shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• L’Assomption
• St. Henry
• St. Sulpice

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 1,879 total population, 958 males, 921 females, Female members of the family who are present: 906, Male members of the family who are present: 880, 663 single males, 599 single females, 280 married females, 280 married males, 274 families, 99 males attending school, 77 females attending school, 42 widowed females, 20 male births, 19 female births, 15 widowed males, 6 lunatic males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 blind males, 3 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 128 males aged 5 to 10, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 121 single males aged 20 to 30, 118 females aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 20 to 30, 115 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 single females aged 10 to 15, 102 single males aged 10 to 15, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 39 females age 3 to 4, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 22 females under age 1, 22 males under age 1, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,819 French Canadians, 42 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 10 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 255,005 tons of hay, 48,605 pounds of homemade butter, 39,435 bushels of oats, 18,513 acres of land in farms, 13,849 bushels of wheat, 12,865 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,892 bushels of potatoes, 8,945 bushels of peas, 6,798 acres of farmland under crops, 5,956 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,648 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,647 pounds of tobacco, 4,057 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,902 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,903 acres of oats, 2,639 bushels of corn, 2,567 pounds of maple sugar, 1,933 bushels of buckwheat, 1,884 acres of wheat, 1,655 sheep, 1,603 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,367 acres of peas, 1,283 milk cows, 984 bushels of barley, 816 swine, 693 horses, 570 bushels of carrots, 553 calves and heifers, 477 barrels of pork, 235 acres of potatoes, 193 occupants of farms, 190 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 189 acres of buckwheat, 182 bulls, oxen, or steers, 137 acres of corn, 111 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 103 bushels of beans, 85 bushels of rye, 74 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 68 acres of barley, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 bushels of turnips, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of rye, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,759 yards of linen, 2,490 yards of flannel, 1,871 yards of fulled cloth, $541 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills returning capital,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   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 saw mills (pounds sterling). 2,150 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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC059004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139427
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Repentigny, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/repentigny-qc059004-1851/.