Eaton, Quebec (1851 census)
Eaton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,500. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28660318. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.381°N, 71.656°W.
Population
In 1851, Eaton had a population of 1,500: 781 male and 719 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,500 |
| 1861 | 1,905 |
| 1871 | 2,144 |
| 1881 | 2,456 |
| 1891 | 3,078 |
| 1901 | 1,796 |
| 1911 | 1,765 |
| 1921 | 1,728 |
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, Eaton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,500 total population, 781 males, 719 females, Male members of the family who are present: 712, Female members of the family who are present: 656, 518 single males, 446 single females, 265 families, 244 married males, 243 married females, 231 males attending school, 184 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, 30 widowed females, 22 male births, 19 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 11 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 10. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 106 single males aged 10 to 15, 100 females aged 5 to 10, 97 single females aged 10 to 15, 96 males aged 5 to 10, 89 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males under age 1, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 females under age 1, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 males of unknown age, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,035 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 219 persons originating in the United States, 100 French Canadians, 94 persons originating in England or Wales, 34 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 74,605 pounds of maple sugar, 44,490 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 36,910 pounds of homemade butter, 30,926 acres of land in farms, 25,697 bushels of oats, 17,576 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,128 bushels of buckwheat, 13,350 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,163 bushels of potatoes, 9,293 bushels of wheat, 7,750 acres of farmland under crops, 7,743 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,537 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,377 tons of hay, 2,746 sheep, 2,399 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,088 bushels of corn, 998 calves and heifers, 993 bulls, oxen, or steers, 944 bushels of barley, 852 milk cows, 840 bushels of rye, 838 bushels of turnips, 758 acres of oats, 756 acres of wheat, 559 barrels of pork, 504 horses, 456 bushels of peas, 357 swine, 232 occupants of farms, 217 acres of buckwheat, 196 acres of potatoes, 129 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 111 barrels of beef, 77 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 67 bushels of beans, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 acres of corn, 57 acres of rye, 40 acres of barley, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 31 acres of peas, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 pounds of hops, 5 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,245 yards of flannel, 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,351 yards of fulled cloth, 1,643 yards of linen, $1,425 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $220 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $156 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 50 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 50 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 9 saw mills returning capital, 8 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, tanneries, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ 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 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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Henry Pope | 1819–1889 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051007_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28660318
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). "Eaton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/eaton-qc076008-1851/.