Derry, East and West, Quebec (1851 census)
Derry, East and West was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 36. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.789°N, 75.360°W.
Population
In 1851, Derry, East and West had a population of 36: 23 male and 13 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 36 |
| 1861 | 260 |
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, Derry, East and West shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 36 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 23, 23 males, 16 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 13, 13 females, 10 single females, 7 married males, 6 families, 3 married females, 2 female births, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 6 males aged 5 to 10, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 10 to 15, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 married females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 10 to 15, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 20 to 30, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 females aged 5 to 10, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 22 persons whose origin is unknown, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $650 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 employees in grist mills, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in saw mills, grist mills, 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, 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 production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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 saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC067008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039015— 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). "Derry, East and West, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/derry-east-and-west-qc067008-1851/.