Harrington, Quebec (1851 census)
Harrington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 267. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243254. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.853°N, 74.623°W.
Population
In 1851, Harrington had a population of 267: 155 male and 112 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 267 |
| 1861 | 310 |
| 1881 | 718 |
| 1891 | 720 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 600 |
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, Harrington shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 267 total population, 155 males, Male members of the family who are present: 136, 118 single males, 112 females, Female members of the family who are present: 111, 82 single females, 36 married males, 34 families, 29 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 2 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 female births, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 29 single males aged 10 to 15, 26 single males aged 20 to 30, 22 males aged 5 to 10, 18 single males aged 15 to 20, 17 single females aged 10 to 15, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 16 females aged 5 to 10, 12 single females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 20 to 30, 9 married females aged 20 to 30, 9 married males aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 females under age 1, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 males under age 1, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 males aged 2 to 3, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 154 persons originating in Scotland, 81 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,011 tons of hay, 4,430 acres of land in farms, 3,899 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,499 bushels of oats, 1,479 bushels of potatoes, 1,134 pounds of homemade butter, 531 acres of farmland under cultivation, 402 bushels of wheat, 389 acres of farmland under crops, 350 pounds of wool produced on farms, 159 sheep, 157 bushels of peas, 141 acres of farmland in pasture, 138 acres of oats, 78 milk cows, 73 swine, 55 acres of wheat, 39 bushels of corn, 35 acres of potatoes, 35 horses, 31 calves and heifers, 31 occupants of farms, 22 acres of peas, 22 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 acres of corn, 9 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 barrels of pork, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 bushels of barley, 3 barrels of beef, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 44 yards of fulled cloth, 37 yards of flannel, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, 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), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (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 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC080016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037005_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63243254
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). "Harrington, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/harrington-qc080016-1851/.