Grenville, Quebec (1851 census)

Grenville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,992. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.711°N, 74.658°W.

Population

In 1851, Grenville had a population of 1,992: 1,049 male and 943 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, Grenville shared boundaries with:

• Chatham
• Harrington
• Petite Nation
• Wentworth

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 1,992 total population, 1,049 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,037, 943 females, Female members of the family who are present: 933, 722 single males, 619 single females, 346 families, 300 married males, 295 married females, 36 male births, 33 female births, 29 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 19 males attending school, 17 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 12, Females present who are not members of the family: 10, 5 deaf and dumb males, Male members of the family who are present: 4, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 males aged 5 to 10, 143 single males aged 10 to 15, 132 females aged 5 to 10, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 single males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 single females aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males under age 1, 40 females under age 1, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 922 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 518 French Canadians, 340 persons originating in Ireland, 127 persons originating in Scotland, 74 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 31,257 pounds of homemade butter, 30,018 acres of land in farms, 23,265 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,994 bushels of oats, 14,913 bushels of potatoes, 6,753 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,302 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,050 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,418 bushels of wheat, 2,981 bushels of turnips, 2,680 acres of farmland under crops, 1,956 sheep, 1,741 tons of hay, 1,485 bushels of corn, 1,428 acres of oats, 1,275 pounds of maple sugar, 1,252 bushels of peas, 946 milk cows, 767 swine, 650 calves and heifers, 645 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 467 horses, 414 acres of wheat, 340 bushels of buckwheat, 336 acres of potatoes, 289 occupants of farms, 234 bulls, oxen, or steers, 196 acres of peas, 193 acres of corn, 141 barrels of pork, 138 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 126 bushels of barley, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 59 barrels of beef, 55 acres of buckwheat, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 acres of turnips, 35 bushels of carrots, 33 bushels of rye, 30 pounds of hops, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 acres of barley, 15 pounds of tobacco, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of rye, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,640 yards of flannel, $1,150 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 901 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   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,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC080015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243234

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). "Grenville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grenville-qc080015-1851/.