Durham, Quebec (1851 census)

Durham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,208. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28345480. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.695°N, 72.311°W.

Population

In 1851, Durham had a population of 2,208: 1,115 male and 1,093 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Durham shared boundaries with:

• Acton, Town—Ville
• Ely
• Melbourne & Gore of Brompton
• Wickham

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 213 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,208 total population, 1,115 males, 1,093 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,043, Female members of the family who are present: 1,033, 760 single males, 724 single females, 365 families, 331 married males, 327 married females, 189 males attending school, 151 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 72, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 45 female births, 42 widowed females, 40 male births, 24 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 179 males aged 5 to 10, 175 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 single males aged 10 to 15, 119 single females aged 15 to 20, 113 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 single males aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females under age 1, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males under age 1, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 38 females aged 4 to 5, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,134 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 422 persons originating in Ireland, 418 French Canadians, 98 persons originating in England or Wales, 77 persons originating in Scotland, 59 persons originating in the United States, 26 Indigenous persons, 16 Indigenous females, 10 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 68,375 pounds of homemade butter, 34,985 pounds of maple sugar, 29,605 acres of land in farms, 28,641 bushels of oats, 18,629 bushels of potatoes, 18,471 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,134 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,230 bushels of wheat, 7,996 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,892 acres of farmland under crops, 4,600 bushels of turnips, 3,648 tons of hay, 3,285 bushels of buckwheat, 3,220 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,950 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,675 sheep, 1,840 bushels of corn, 1,595 acres of oats, 1,566 barrels of pork, 1,399 bushels of peas, 1,089 milk cows, 1,015 calves and heifers, 943 acres of wheat, 729 bulls, oxen, or steers, 680 swine, 590 pounds of flax or hemp, 569 bushels of rye, 425 horses, 336 occupants of farms, 286 acres of potatoes, 278 barrels of beef, 192 acres of buckwheat, 167 acres of peas, 164 bushels of barley, 155 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 125 bushels of beans, 109 pounds of hops, 97 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 85 acres of corn, 73 bushels of carrots, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 acres of rye, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 acres of turnips, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 pounds of tobacco. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,509 yards of flannel, 1,698 yards of fulled cloth, $837 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 825 grist mills not reporting, 665 yards of linen, $285 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $265 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 12 tanneries returning capital, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, $4 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting,   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 tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC055004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28345480

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). "Durham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/durham-qc055004-1851/.