Douglas, Quebec (1851 census)
Douglas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 819. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.744°N, 64.384°W.
Population
In 1851, Douglas had a population of 819: 414 male and 405 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 819 |
| 1861 | 988 |
| 1871 | 1,160 |
| 1881 | 1,260 |
| 1891 | 1,468 |
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, Douglas 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 819 total population, 414 males, 405 females, Male members of the family who are present: 403, Female members of the family who are present: 394, 290 single males, 282 single females, 124 families, 106 married females, 106 married males, 28 males attending school, 22 females attending school, 18 widowed males, 17 widowed females, 16 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 11 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 males aged 5 to 10, 61 single males aged 20 to 30, 57 females aged 5 to 10, 51 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 15 to 20, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 34 married males aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 females under age 1, 16 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 1 to 2, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 11 males under age 1, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 645 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 82 persons originating in Ireland, 65 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Guernsey, 5 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,183 bushels of potatoes, 9,032 acres of land in farms, 8,227 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,177 pounds of homemade butter, 1,110 bushels of oats, 937 pounds of wool produced on farms, 899 bushels of barley, 805 acres of farmland under cultivation, 673 tons of hay, 492 sheep, 467 acres of farmland in pasture, 329 acres of farmland under crops, 230 swine, 171 milk cows, 134 occupants of farms, 117 acres of potatoes, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 103 calves and heifers, 95 barrels of pork, 90 bushels of turnips, 77 acres of oats, 68 acres of barley, 66 bushels of wheat, 57 horses, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 49 barrels of beef, 41 acres of wheat, 29 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 105 yards of fulled cloth, 84 yards of flannel, 20 yards of linen, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 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 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 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC056005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154005— 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). "Douglas, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/douglas-qc056005-1851/.