Saguenay, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Saguenay, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 243. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.065°N, 69.851°W.

Population

In 1851, Saguenay, Township had a population of 243: 175 male and 68 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

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Saguenay and Rivière Ste. Marguerite, 1861 (53.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Saguenay, Township shared boundaries with:

• Callières, Township
• NO DATA
• Petit Saguenay & St. Jean

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 121 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 243 total population, 175 males, 144 single males, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, Male members of the family who are present: 70, 68 females, Female members of the family who are present: 65, 47 single females, 29 married males, 22 families, 20 married females, 5 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 female births, 2 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 46 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 females aged 5 to 10, 12 single males aged 10 to 15, 11 single females aged 10 to 15, 10 males aged 5 to 10, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 20 to 30, 8 single females aged 15 to 20, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 married males aged 30 to 40, 6 females aged 2 to 3, 6 males under age 1, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 40 to 50, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 50 to 60, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 212 French Canadians, 18 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 656 tons of hay, 393 acres of land in farms, 253 bushels of potatoes, 235 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 174 bushels of barley, 158 acres of farmland under cultivation, 130 pounds of homemade butter, 120 pounds of wool produced on farms, 113 acres of farmland under crops, 86 bushels of peas, 73 bushels of wheat, 57 bushels of rye, 48 bushels of oats, 42 acres of farmland in pasture, 24 acres of potatoes, 21 pounds of flax or hemp, 19 acres of barley, 17 acres of wheat, 16 sheep, 16 swine, 13 milk cows, 12 occupants of farms, 11 acres of peas, 8 acres of rye, 8 calves and heifers, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 horses, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of oats, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 barrels of pork, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 52,670 saw mills reporting daily production, 2,500 saw mill plants, 40 yards of flannel, 30 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 1, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting, $  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.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 5 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC074012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074012 — 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). "Saguenay, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/saguenay-township-qc074012-1851/.