Fox, Quebec (1851 census)
Fox was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 584. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.978°N, 64.441°W.
Population
In 1851, Fox had a population of 584: 302 male and 282 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 584 |
| 1861 | 588 |
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, Fox shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 584 total population, 302 males, 282 females, Male members of the family who are present: 277, Female members of the family who are present: 253, 213 single males, 192 single females, 84 married males, 82 married females, 64 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 29, Males present who are not members of the family: 25, 14 females attending school, 14 male births, 10 female births, 8 widowed females, 7 males attending school, 5 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 52 males aged 5 to 10, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 29 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 single males aged 15 to 20, 26 single females aged 15 to 20, 18 males under age 1, 18 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 single males aged 20 to 30, 12 females under age 1, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 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 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 482 French Canadians, 93 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey, 3 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 7,911 acres of land in farms, 7,619 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,249 bushels of potatoes, 1,250 pounds of maple sugar, 688 pounds of homemade butter, 308 bushels of barley, 292 acres of farmland under cultivation, 243 acres of farmland under crops, 179 bushels of turnips, 154 tons of hay, 133 sheep, 102 pounds of wool produced on farms, 101 swine, 85 occupants of farms, 63 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of oats, 52 acres of barley, 48 acres of farmland in pasture, 46 bulls, oxen, or steers, 45 milk cows, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 41 barrels of pork, 36 bushels of wheat, 33 calves and heifers, 29 bushels of peas, 27 acres of wheat, 21 barrels of beef, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 acres of oats, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 horses, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of peas, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,000 saw mill plants, $241 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 15 yards of fulled cloth, 7 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills returning capital, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 35,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 8 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: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC056009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC019004— 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). "Fox, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fox-qc056009-1851/.