Rivière Ouelle, Quebec (1851 census)

Rivière Ouelle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,505. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3433574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.408°N, 69.884°W.

Population

In 1851, Rivière Ouelle had a population of 3,505: 1,706 male and 1,799 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 Rivière Ouelle, 1861 (25.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Pacôme, 1861 (39.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Mont Carmel, 1861 (35.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Rivière Ouelle shared boundaries with:

• Ixworth, Township
• NO DATA
• St. Denis
• St. Paschal
• Ste. Anne
• Woodbridge, Township

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,505 total population, 1,799 females, 1,706 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,585, Male members of the family who are present: 1,545, 1,268 single females, 1,179 single males, 514 families, 473 married males, 472 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 214, Males present who are not members of the family: 161, 90 females attending school, 89 males attending school, 61 female births, 59 widowed females, 54 male births, 54 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 5 lunatic females, 4 blind females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 245 females aged 5 to 10, 230 males aged 5 to 10, 224 single females aged 10 to 15, 199 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 single females aged 15 to 20, 185 single females aged 20 to 30, 185 single males aged 10 to 15, 178 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married males aged 30 to 40, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 106 married females aged 40 to 50, 105 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 females aged 2 to 3, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 63 males under age 1, 62 females under age 1, 62 males aged 2 to 3, 62 males aged 4 to 5, 62 single females aged 30 to 40, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 single females aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,437 French Canadians, 61 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 450,569 tons of hay, 51,299 pounds of homemade butter, 48,174 bushels of oats, 41,933 acres of land in farms, 27,324 pounds of maple sugar, 27,180 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,753 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,545 bushels of wheat, 11,210 bushels of potatoes, 9,847 acres of farmland under crops, 9,311 bushels of barley, 7,079 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,545 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,819 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,031 bushels of rye, 4,015 sheep, 2,386 acres of oats, 2,376 bushels of peas, 1,967 acres of wheat, 1,402 milk cows, 1,175 swine, 893 barrels of pork, 782 horses, 658 acres of barley, 588 bulls, oxen, or steers, 577 calves and heifers, 572 acres of rye, 382 occupants of farms, 296 acres of peas, 296 pounds of tobacco, 276 barrels of beef, 146 acres of potatoes, 121 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 107 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 87 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 bushels of turnips, 56 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 bushels of beans, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 bushels of buckwheat, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,430 yards of linen, 9,780 yards of flannel, 5,717 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $300 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $225 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $103 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in saw mills, 5 employees in grist 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, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 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 reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mills not reporting,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 945 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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: QC058003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC061002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3433574
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-Ouelle
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-Ouelle

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 Ouelle, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-ouelle-qc058003-1851/.