Aston, Quebec (1851 census)
Aston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 561. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.130°N, 72.297°W.
Population
In 1851, Aston had a population of 561: 281 male and 280 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 561 |
| 1861 | 339 |
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, Aston shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 561 total population, 281 males, 280 females, Male members of the family who are present: 269, Female members of the family who are present: 263, 190 single males, 186 single females, 96 families, 88 married females, 88 married males, Male members of the family who are present: 24, Female members of the family who are absent: 17, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, 13 female births, 13 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 12, 12 male births, 8 males attending school, 6 widowed females, 3 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 40 males aged 5 to 10, 38 single males aged 10 to 15, 36 females aged 5 to 10, 33 married females aged 20 to 30, 30 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 single females aged 10 to 15, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 single females aged 15 to 20, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 18 females under age 1, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males under age 1, 15 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 females of unknown age, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 532 French Canadians, 21 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,200 acres of land in farms, 4,055 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,515 pounds of maple sugar, 3,382 bushels of oats, 1,872 bushels of wheat, 1,854 bushels of potatoes, 1,397 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,199 pounds of homemade butter, 1,145 acres of farmland under cultivation, 828 acres of farmland under crops, 668 pounds of wool produced on farms, 487 bushels of buckwheat, 386 bushels of peas, 360 pounds of tobacco, 343 sheep, 316 acres of farmland in pasture, 258 acres of wheat, 236 acres of oats, 159 bushels of barley, 159 swine, 143 milk cows, 139 tons of hay, 120 calves and heifers, 87 horses, 86 barrels of pork, 84 occupants of farms, 62 acres of buckwheat, 62 acres of peas, 60 bulls, oxen, or steers, 58 acres of potatoes, 45 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 bushels of corn, 16 acres of barley, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 3 acres of corn, 2 bushels of rye, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 838 yards of linen, 484 yards of fulled cloth, 392 yards of flannel, $275 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $40 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC003003— 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). "Aston, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/aston-qc055001-1851/.