Brome, Village, Quebec (1851 census)

Brome, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,095. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28161378. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.234°N, 72.582°W.

Population

In 1851, Brome, Village had a population of 2,095: 1,049 male and 1,046 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Brome, Village shared boundaries with:

• Bolton
• Dunham
• Farnham, Town—Ville
• Granby
• Potton
• Shefford
• Sutton

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 190 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,095 total population, 1,049 males, 1,046 females, Female members of the family who are present: 989, Male members of the family who are present: 967, 687 single males, 662 single females, 395 families, 353 married females, 348 married males, 285 males attending school, 261 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 82, Females present who are not members of the family: 57, Female members of the family who are absent: 48, Male members of the family who are present: 36, 32 male births, 31 female births, 31 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 167 females aged 5 to 10, 162 males aged 5 to 10, 138 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 single males aged 15 to 20, 115 single females aged 15 to 20, 113 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 85 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 39 females under age 1, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males under age 1, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 females age 3 to 4, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,395 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 336 persons originating in the United States, 115 French Canadians, 114 persons originating in Ireland, 88 persons originating in England or Wales, 44 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 51,086 pounds of homemade butter, 31,959 acres of land in farms, 28,286 pounds of maple sugar, 22,480 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19,420 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,068 bushels of oats, 12,539 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,430 bushels of potatoes, 7,278 acres of farmland under crops, 6,480 bushels of corn, 5,358 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,308 tons of hay, 5,125 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,315 bushels of buckwheat, 4,273 bushels of wheat, 2,898 bushels of turnips, 2,674 sheep, 1,786 bushels of carrots, 936 milk cows, 905 calves and heifers, 858 bulls, oxen, or steers, 811 acres of oats, 624 bushels of rye, 515 bushels of peas, 473 pounds of flax or hemp, 448 acres of wheat, 445 barrels of pork, 416 horses, 399 swine, 380 acres of corn, 296 acres of buckwheat, 274 occupants of farms, 257 bushels of barley, 250 bushels of beans, 186 acres of potatoes, 170 barrels of beef, 136 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 123 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 107 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 66 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 acres of rye, 59 acres of peas, 54 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 19 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,892 yards of flannel, $2,460 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,363 yards of fulled cloth, $1,140 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 600 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 250 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 163 yards of linen, 12 saw mills, 12 saw mills not reporting, 12 saw mills powered by water, 12 saw mills returning capital, 11 employees in carding and fulling mills, 9 employees in saw mills, 5 carding and fulling mills, 4 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills not reporting, 4 grist mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   employees in woollen factories,   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 powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC075008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC144004_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28161378

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). "Brome, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brome-village-qc075008-1851/.