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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141960

Acton, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

Acton, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141960. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.661°N, 72.534°W.

Population

In 1851, Acton, Town—Ville had a population of 425: 236 male and 189 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851425
18612,703
18711,849
18811,861
18911,381
19011,175
19111,402
19211,549

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Acton, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 425 total population, 236 males, 189 females, Male members of the family who are present: 185, Female members of the family who are present: 177, 165 single males, 131 single females, 71 married males, 62 families, 57 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 51, Females present who are not members of the family: 12, 6 female births, 4 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 40 males aged 5 to 10, 32 females aged 5 to 10, 27 single males aged 10 to 15, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 married males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 single females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 11 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 10 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 males under age 1, 5 females under age 1, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 males of unknown age, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 352 French Canadians, 44 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 15 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,880 pounds of maple sugar, 4,549 acres of land in farms, 3,532 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,335 pounds of homemade butter, 1,206 bushels of potatoes, 1,017 acres of farmland under cultivation, 640 acres of farmland in pasture, 583 bushels of oats, 374 acres of farmland under crops, 338 bushels of wheat, 258 tons of hay, 196 bushels of turnips, 184 bushels of corn, 160 pounds of tobacco, 154 bushels of buckwheat, 109 bushels of rye, 97 sheep, 94 bushels of peas, 86 pounds of wool produced on farms, 78 milk cows, 73 bulls, oxen, or steers, 70 swine, 51 occupants of farms, 46 acres of oats, 38 horses, 38 pounds of flax or hemp, 31 calves and heifers, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 acres of wheat, 28 acres of potatoes, 19 acres of corn, 19 bushels of beans, 16 acres of rye, 13 acres of peas, 13 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 bushels of carrots, 10 barrels of pork, 9 acres of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of barley, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 barrels of beef. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $140 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $75 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 57 yards of fulled cloth, 48 yards of linen, 47 yards of flannel, 3 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   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 value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist 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.   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). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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). "Acton, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/acton-town-ville-qc055002-1851/.