Bulstrode, Quebec (1851 census)
Bulstrode was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 307. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.138°N, 72.095°W.
Population
In 1851, Bulstrode had a population of 307: 152 male and 155 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 307 |
| 1861 | 510 |
| 1871 | 766 |
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, Bulstrode shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 307 total population, 155 females, 152 males, Female members of the family who are present: 148, Male members of the family who are present: 147, 92 single females, 88 single males, 62 families, 61 married males, 60 married females, 11 female births, 9 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 25 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 23 females aged 5 to 10, 23 males aged 5 to 10, 20 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 10 to 15, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 females under age 1, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 10 to 15, 10 single females aged 15 to 20, 9 males under age 1, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 single males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 306 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 4,319 acres of land in farms, 4,238 bushels of oats, 3,622 pounds of maple sugar, 3,383 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,845 bushels of potatoes, 1,231 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,226 bushels of wheat, 936 acres of farmland under cultivation, 764 bushels of buckwheat, 694 acres of farmland under crops, 537 pounds of wool produced on farms, 422 bushels of peas, 292 pounds of homemade butter, 283 sheep, 241 acres of farmland in pasture, 221 acres of oats, 194 tons of hay, 143 pounds of tobacco, 138 swine, 123 acres of wheat, 97 milk cows, 87 acres of buckwheat, 84 calves and heifers, 67 barrels of pork, 66 acres of peas, 64 horses, 53 occupants of farms, 49 acres of potatoes, 37 bulls, oxen, or steers, 35 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 29 bushels of rye, 28 bushels of barley, 13 bushels of corn, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of corn, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of rye, 2 barrels of beef, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 706 yards of linen, $400 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 296 yards of fulled cloth, 240 yards of flannel, 25 employees in saw mills, 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, 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 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC137002— 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). "Bulstrode, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bulstrode-qc055014-1851/.