Horton, Quebec (1851 census)
Horton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 89. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.022°N, 72.229°W.
Population
In 1851, Horton had a population of 89: 50 male and 39 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 89 |
| 1861 | 191 |
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, Horton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 89 total population, 50 males, Male members of the family who are present: 41, 39 females, Female members of the family who are present: 38, 34 single males, 24 single females, 16 families, 16 married males, 14 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, 2 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 female births, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 10 males aged 5 to 10, 7 females aged 5 to 10, 7 single females aged 10 to 15, 6 married males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 10 to 15, 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 males under age 1, 2 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 females under age 1, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 89 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,804 acres of land in farms, 1,642 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 950 pounds of maple sugar, 598 bushels of oats, 294 bushels of wheat, 282 bushels of potatoes, 162 acres of farmland under cultivation, 131 pounds of flax or hemp, 109 acres of farmland under crops, 99 bushels of peas, 93 bushels of buckwheat, 65 pounds of wool produced on farms, 53 acres of farmland in pasture, 43 sheep, 38 pounds of tobacco, 29 acres of wheat, 28 acres of oats, 25 bushels of corn, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 23 swine, 20 milk cows, 20 pounds of homemade butter, 17 occupants of farms, 17 tons of hay, 14 acres of buckwheat, 13 acres of peas, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 barrels of pork, 9 calves and heifers, 5 acres of corn, 5 acres of potatoes, 4 horses, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 54 yards of flannel, 36 yards of fulled cloth, 26 yards of linen, breweries, 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 foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, 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 value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, 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 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, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 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 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 Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC003008— 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). "Horton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/horton-qc055013-1851/.