Bury, Quebec (1851 census)
Bury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 783. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28326460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.514°N, 71.461°W.
Population
In 1851, Bury had a population of 783: 428 male and 355 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 783 |
| 1861 | 989 |
| 1871 | 1,215 |
| 1881 | 1,605 |
| 1891 | 1,621 |
| 1901 | 1,560 |
| 1911 | 1,668 |
| 1921 | 1,733 |
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, Bury shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 783 total population, 428 males, Male members of the family who are present: 407, 355 females, Female members of the family who are present: 340, 295 single males, 218 single females, 133 families, 130 married males, 128 married females, 41 males attending school, 36 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 21, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 14 male births, 9 female births, 9 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 3 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 males aged 5 to 10, 57 females aged 5 to 10, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 41 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 single males aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 18 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 males under age 1, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 females age 3 to 4, 9 females under age 1, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 345 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 195 persons originating in Scotland, 192 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 20 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,152 pounds of maple sugar, 14,203 pounds of homemade butter, 9,248 acres of land in farms, 6,372 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,624 bushels of oats, 4,776 bushels of potatoes, 2,846 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,429 bushels of buckwheat, 2,219 acres of farmland under crops, 2,208 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,272 bushels of wheat, 1,231 tons of hay, 1,032 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 886 bushels of rye, 862 bushels of barley, 786 sheep, 627 acres of farmland in pasture, 348 bushels of turnips, 270 bulls, oxen, or steers, 250 milk cows, 231 calves and heifers, 222 acres of oats, 185 bushels of peas, 143 acres of buckwheat, 139 swine, 122 acres of wheat, 116 barrels of pork, 112 occupants of farms, 107 horses, 87 acres of potatoes, 68 acres of barley, 62 acres of rye, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 acres of turnips, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 39 bushels of corn, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 acres of peas, 10 pounds of hops, 5 bushels of beans, 4 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,393 yards of flannel, $600 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 401 yards of fulled cloth, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills returning capital, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 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, 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 foundries, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, 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, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, 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 annual production or rent from saw 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. 250 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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
- TCP UID:
QC076010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28326460
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). "Bury, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bury-qc076010-1851/.