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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q142024

Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1851 census)

Rivière du Loup was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 970. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.824°N, 69.510°W.

Population

In 1851, Rivière du Loup had a population of 970: 480 male and 490 female residents.

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, Rivière du Loup shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 117 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 970 total population, 490 females, 480 males, Female members of the family who are present: 448, Male members of the family who are present: 442, 347 single females, 329 single males, 140 married females, 138 married males, 127 families, Male members of the family who are present: 57, 45 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 42, 40 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 19 female births, 13 widowed males, 10 male births, 3 widowed females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 80 single females aged 15 to 20, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 64 males aged 5 to 10, 60 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 single males aged 15 to 20, 55 single females aged 10 to 15, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 41 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 females under age 1, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 males under age 1, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 955 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   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,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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). "Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-du-loup-qc071001-1851/.