Three Rivers, Gaol of Three Rivers, Friar’s School, Ursulines, Quebec (1851 census)

Three Rivers, Gaol of Three Rivers, Friar’s School, Ursulines was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.347°N, 72.556°W.

Population

In 1851, Three Rivers, Gaol of Three Rivers, Friar’s School, Ursulines had a population of 4,936: 2,525 male and 2,411 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 contained St. Phillips’ Ward, 1861 (40.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Lewis’ Ward, 1861 (9.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Christian Brothers, College, &c, 1861 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Ursule Ward, 1861 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Notre Dame Ward, 1861 (46.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Three Rivers, Gaol of Three Rivers, Friar’s School, Ursulines shared boundaries with:

• Three Rivers, Parish

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,936 total population, 2,525 males, 2,411 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,295, Female members of the family who are present: 2,125, 1,643 single males, 1,453 single females, 864 families, 834 married females, 824 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 286, 258 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 230, 172 females attending school, 124 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 64, 58 widowed males, 52 male births, 49 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 17, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 321 single males aged 20 to 30, 317 married females aged 20 to 30, 301 single females aged 20 to 30, 284 males aged 5 to 10, 272 single males aged 15 to 20, 266 married males aged 20 to 30, 246 married males aged 30 to 40, 226 single females aged 15 to 20, 222 females aged 5 to 10, 193 single males aged 10 to 15, 192 married females aged 40 to 50, 181 married females aged 30 to 40, 176 married males aged 40 to 50, 174 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single males aged 30 to 40, 106 single females aged 30 to 40, 93 females aged 2 to 3, 92 males aged 2 to 3, 88 males aged 1 to 2, 80 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 4 to 5, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 males under age 1, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 62 females aged 4 to 5, 61 females under age 1, 60 single males aged 40 to 50, 50 single females aged 40 to 50, 48 married females aged 15 to 20, 44 females age 3 to 4, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 38 married males aged 15 to 20, 33 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 28 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 28 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 50 to 60, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 11 females of unknown age, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 4,266 French Canadians, 427 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 112 persons originating in Ireland, 44 persons originating in Scotland, 32 persons originating in all other places, 30 persons originating in England or Wales, 20 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 113,570 tons of hay, 13,345 bushels of oats, 5,982 bushels of potatoes, 4,776 acres of land in farms, 4,314 pounds of homemade butter, 2,856 bushels of turnips, 2,478 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,394 bushels of wheat, 2,298 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,608 acres of farmland under crops, 1,284 bushels of buckwheat, 794 acres of farmland in pasture, 600 pounds of maple sugar, 595 acres of oats, 533 bushels of peas, 382 bushels of barley, 284 pounds of wool produced on farms, 227 sheep, 222 acres of wheat, 221 milk cows, 170 horses, 136 bushels of corn, 134 bushels of rye, 130 swine, 119 occupants of farms, 107 acres of buckwheat, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 76 calves and heifers, 76 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 acres of potatoes, 69 acres of peas, 65 bushels of carrots, 62 pounds of flax or hemp, 30 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 28 acres of barley, 25 pounds of tobacco, 22 bulls, oxen, or steers, 20 barrels of pork, 18 acres of rye, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 acres of corn, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 550 foundries returning capital, $400 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), $355 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $140 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 125 gallons of beer produced in breweries, 100 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 89 yards of flannel, 79 yards of fulled cloth, 50 breweries returning capital, 14 yards of linen, 4 employees in foundries, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills returning capital, 3 grist mills powered by steam, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 employees in breweries, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water,   breweries not reporting,   employees in saw mills,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 19 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: QC073001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC073001 — 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). "Three Rivers, Gaol of Three Rivers, Friar’s School, Ursulines, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/three-rivers-gaol-of-three-rivers-friar-s-school-ursulines-qc073001-1851/.