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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q141505

Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 288. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.064°N, 64.774°W.

Population

In 1851, Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township had a population of 288: 154 male and 134 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 288 total population, 154 males, Male members of the family who are present: 145, 134 females, Female members of the family who are present: 128, 115 single males, 92 single females, 39 families, 35 married females, 35 married males, 24 males attending school, 15 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, 7 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, 6 male births, 4 widowed males, 3 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 26 females aged 5 to 10, 23 single males aged 15 to 20, 22 males aged 5 to 10, 22 single males aged 10 to 15, 19 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 single males aged 20 to 30, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 males under age 1, 8 single females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 40 to 50, 4 males aged 2 to 3, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 females aged 4 to 5, 3 females under age 1, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 226 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 35 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,728 acres of land in farms, 5,414 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,930 pounds of homemade butter, 2,140 bushels of potatoes, 314 acres of farmland under cultivation, 303 tons of hay, 265 pounds of wool produced on farms, 209 acres of farmland in pasture, 130 sheep, 114 bushels of turnips, 92 acres of farmland under crops, 86 bushels of oats, 82 bushels of barley, 70 milk cows, 63 bushels of wheat, 57 swine, 37 occupants of farms, 33 calves and heifers, 29 acres of potatoes, 29 acres of wheat, 26 bulls, oxen, or steers, 21 acres of oats, 21 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 horses, 17 barrels of pork, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of barley, 13 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 barrels of beef, 9 bushels of carrots, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 pounds of hops, 2 bushels of peas, 1 acres of peas. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 40,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 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, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-bay-n-sydenham-township-qc056007-1851/.