Trois Pistoles, Quebec (1851 census)
Trois Pistoles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,847. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.063°N, 69.083°W.
Population
In 1851, Trois Pistoles had a population of 2,847: 1,434 male and 1,413 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 Trois Pistoles, 1861 (62.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Trois Pistoles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,847 total population, 1,434 males, 1,413 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,307, Female members of the family who are present: 1,270, 1,011 single males, 970 single females, 411 married males, 402 married females, 365 families, 184 males attending school, 171 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 143, Males present who are not members of the family: 127, 78 female births, 52 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 41, 41 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 6 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 230 females aged 5 to 10, 205 males aged 5 to 10, 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 single females aged 10 to 15, 153 single females aged 15 to 20, 132 married females aged 20 to 30, 132 single males aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married females aged 30 to 40, 103 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 females under age 1, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 females aged 2 to 3, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 63 males under age 1, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 54 females age 3 to 4, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 50 females aged 4 to 5, 47 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,820 French Canadians, 23 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 318,750 tons of hay, 59,635 pounds of maple sugar, 35,827 acres of land in farms, 33,403 pounds of homemade butter, 22,970 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,992 bushels of potatoes, 12,857 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,582 bushels of oats, 11,733 bushels of wheat, 8,937 acres of farmland under crops, 7,711 bushels of rye, 7,415 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,129 bushels of barley, 4,655 bushels of peas, 3,808 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,604 sheep, 3,437 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,624 acres of wheat, 1,170 milk cows, 1,102 acres of rye, 977 acres of oats, 966 swine, 695 calves and heifers, 633 acres of barley, 587 horses, 566 acres of peas, 380 occupants of farms, 221 bulls, oxen, or steers, 205 acres of potatoes, 184 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 109 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 barrels of pork, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 8,442 yards of flannel, 6,885 yards of linen, 5,500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 4,538 yards of fulled cloth, $425 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $110 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 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 tanneries, foundries not reporting, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling). 6,800 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, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Rintoul | 1797–1851 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC071007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142151
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Pistoles
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Pistoles
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). "Trois Pistoles, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-pistoles-qc071007-1851/.