Grantham, Quebec (1851 census)
Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.858°N, 72.606°W.
Population
In 1851, Grantham had a population of 1,401: 718 male and 683 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,401 |
| 1861 | 2,395 |
| 1871 | 829 |
| 1881 | 683 |
| 1891 | 911 |
| 1901 | 1,017 |
| 1911 | 880 |
| 1921 | 1,581 |
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, Grantham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,401 total population, 718 males, 683 females, Male members of the family who are present: 650, Female members of the family who are present: 638, 472 single males, 441 single females, 234 families, 229 married males, 224 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 68, Females present who are not members of the family: 45, 30 female births, 21 females attending school, 20 male births, 18 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 13 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 119 males aged 5 to 10, 118 females aged 5 to 10, 83 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 73 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 females under age 1, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males under age 1, 27 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males 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 972 French Canadians, 270 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 104 persons originating in Ireland, 33 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 15,378 acres of land in farms, 11,660 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,831 pounds of homemade butter, 7,869 pounds of maple sugar, 7,856 bushels of oats, 6,424 bushels of potatoes, 3,954 bushels of wheat, 3,718 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,176 acres of farmland under crops, 1,803 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,525 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,443 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,064 bushels of turnips, 1,045 bushels of peas, 902 sheep, 837 bushels of buckwheat, 778 tons of hay, 532 acres of oats, 476 acres of wheat, 432 bushels of corn, 380 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 373 milk cows, 339 swine, 323 calves and heifers, 232 horses, 177 barrels of pork, 164 occupants of farms, 150 acres of peas, 135 bulls, oxen, or steers, 119 acres of potatoes, 91 bushels of barley, 80 acres of buckwheat, 73 barrels of beef, 70 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 55 pounds of hops, 47 bushels of beans, 40 pounds of tobacco, 33 acres of corn, 33 bushels of carrots, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of barley, 5 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of rye, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 91,225 saw mill plants, $2,997 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,000 grist mills not reporting, 1,800 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,800 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 1,274 yards of linen, 864 yards of flannel, 821 yards of fulled cloth, 14 employees in saw mills, 11 saw mills, 11 saw mills powered by water, 11 saw mills returning capital, $7 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 5 employees in grist mills, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in woollen factories, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills not reporting, breweries, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 350 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 7 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Mcleod Ross | 1804–1855 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054003_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63243231
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). "Grantham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grantham-qc055005-1851/.