Restigouche, Quebec (1851 census)
Restigouche was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.057°N, 66.920°W.
Population
In 1851, Restigouche had a population of 505: 265 male and 240 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 505 |
| 1861 | 521 |
| 1871 | 575 |
| 1891 | 579 |
| 1901 | 922 |
| 1911 | 713 |
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, Restigouche shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 505 total population, 265 males, Male members of the family who are present: 241, 240 females, Female members of the family who are present: 222, 186 single males, 166 single females, 82 families, 72 married males, 67 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 24, Females present who are not members of the family: 18, 12 male births, 11 female births, 10 males attending school, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5 females attending school, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 42 females aged 5 to 10, 38 males aged 5 to 10, 37 single females aged 10 to 15, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 single males aged 10 to 15, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 24 single males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 13 married males aged 30 to 40, 12 females under age 1, 12 males under age 1, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 females age 3 to 4, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 252 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 71 French Canadians, 70 persons originating in New Brunswick, 38 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 38 persons originating in Scotland, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 21 Indigenous persons, 12 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 female negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,537 pounds of homemade butter, 12,308 acres of land in farms, 10,827 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,411 bushels of potatoes, 7,857 bushels of oats, 6,217 bushels of turnips, 1,481 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,471 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,320 pounds of maple sugar, 1,134 acres of farmland under crops, 869 tons of hay, 540 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 521 sheep, 473 bushels of wheat, 432 bushels of barley, 347 acres of farmland in pasture, 299 acres of oats, 188 milk cows, 184 bushels of peas, 170 calves and heifers, 150 bulls, oxen, or steers, 127 swine, 93 barrels of pork, 88 acres of potatoes, 79 barrels of beef, 67 occupants of farms, 53 horses, 43 acres of turnips, 43 pounds of hops, 41 acres of wheat, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 acres of barley, 31 bushels of carrots, 31 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 19 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 13 bushels of beans, 13 bushels of rye, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of peas, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,221 yards of fulled cloth, 26 yards of flannel, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, $1 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 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, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in woollen factories, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, 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, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC148015— 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). "Restigouche, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/restigouche-qc051010-1851/.