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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Ste. Luce & Neigette, Quebec (1851 census)

Ste. Luce & Neigette was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,896. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.493°N, 68.318°W.

Population

In 1851, Ste. Luce & Neigette had a population of 1,896: 957 male and 939 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, Ste. Luce & Neigette shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,896 total population, 957 males, 939 females, Male members of the family who are present: 937, Female members of the family who are present: 918, 645 single males, 610 single females, 296 married females, 296 married males, 265 families, 80 females attending school, 72 males attending school, 52 female births, 43 male births, 33 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 158 males aged 5 to 10, 121 single females aged 10 to 15, 119 females aged 5 to 10, 111 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 single males aged 10 to 15, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 97 single males aged 15 to 20, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 50 females age 3 to 4, 50 females under age 1, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 41 males under age 1, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,876 French Canadians, 14 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 108,882 tons of hay, 36,973 acres of land in farms, 28,379 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,595 pounds of maple sugar, 12,045 bushels of potatoes, 11,550 pounds of homemade butter, 8,594 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,694 bushels of wheat, 5,833 bushels of barley, 4,478 acres of farmland under crops, 4,083 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,068 bushels of peas, 2,988 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,498 bushels of rye, 1,868 bushels of oats, 1,857 sheep, 1,676 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,193 acres of wheat, 806 acres of barley, 692 swine, 503 milk cows, 479 acres of peas, 473 acres of rye, 391 pounds of tobacco, 325 horses, 288 bulls, oxen, or steers, 287 calves and heifers, 266 occupants of farms, 212 acres of potatoes, 211 acres of oats, 179 barrels of pork, 173 bushels of turnips, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 37 barrels of beef, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,784 yards of flannel, 2,508 yards of fulled cloth, 2,093 yards of linen, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 50 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills not reporting, 7 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills 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,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   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,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. $1,500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 535 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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). "Ste. Luce & Neigette, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-luce-neigette-qc071015-1851/.