Dudswell, Quebec (1851 census)
Dudswell was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 500. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138456226. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.610°N, 71.598°W.
Population
In 1851, Dudswell had a population of 500: 278 male and 222 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 500 |
| 1861 | 727 |
| 1871 | 875 |
| 1881 | 1,311 |
| 1891 | 2,143 |
| 1901 | 1,437 |
| 1911 | 1,464 |
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, Dudswell shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 500 total population, 278 males, Male members of the family who are present: 244, 222 females, Female members of the family who are present: 203, 188 single males, 125 single females, 90 married females, 88 married males, 83 families, 60 males attending school, 51 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 34, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, 12 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 9 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 7 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 37 single males aged 15 to 20, 35 single males aged 10 to 15, 31 females aged 5 to 10, 31 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 males aged 5 to 10, 27 single females aged 10 to 15, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 single females aged 15 to 20, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 30 to 40, 15 males under age 1, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 females under age 1, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 356 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 56 persons originating in the United States, 35 persons originating in Ireland, 30 persons originating in England or Wales, 22 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,015 pounds of maple sugar, 11,765 pounds of homemade butter, 10,313 acres of land in farms, 6,966 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,603 bushels of oats, 4,007 bushels of buckwheat, 3,687 bushels of potatoes, 3,377 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,510 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,084 acres of farmland under crops, 2,040 bushels of wheat, 1,840 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,322 tons of hay, 1,283 acres of farmland in pasture, 609 sheep, 371 bushels of turnips, 235 bulls, oxen, or steers, 232 acres of oats, 224 calves and heifers, 213 milk cows, 212 bushels of corn, 210 bushels of peas, 171 acres of buckwheat, 162 acres of wheat, 153 bushels of rye, 135 horses, 125 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 110 swine, 93 barrels of pork, 90 bushels of barley, 82 occupants of farms, 77 pounds of flax or hemp, 56 acres of potatoes, 56 barrels of beef, 38 pounds of hops, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 25 acres of corn, 23 bushels of beans, 19 acres of peas, 14 bushels of carrots, 13 acres of rye, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 4 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,646 yards of flannel, 479 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 120 yards of linen, $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 5 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 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 grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, 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, 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 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. 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.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 70 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC192005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138456226
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). "Dudswell, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/dudswell-qc076017-1851/.