Jersey, Quebec (1851 census)
Jersey was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.987°N, 70.577°W.
Population
In 1851, Jersey had a population of 109: 62 male and 47 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 109 |
| 1861 | 164 |
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, Jersey shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 109 total population, 62 males, Male members of the family who are present: 51, 51 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 47, 47 females, 34 single females, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 16 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 11 married females, 11 married males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 male births, 3 female births, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 14 single males aged 20 to 30, 9 females aged 5 to 10, 7 single males aged 15 to 20, 5 males aged 5 to 10, 5 males under age 1, 5 married females aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 single females aged 10 to 15, 5 single males aged 10 to 15, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 15 to 20, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 females under age 1, 3 males aged 2 to 3, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 married males aged 30 to 40, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 47 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 43 French Canadians, 17 persons originating in Ireland, 3 Indigenous females, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,533 tons of hay, 4,330 pounds of maple sugar, 1,915 acres of land in farms, 1,415 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,190 pounds of homemade butter, 1,122 bushels of oats, 1,012 bushels of potatoes, 500 acres of farmland under cultivation, 410 acres of farmland under crops, 152 pounds of wool produced on farms, 112 bushels of barley, 98 bushels of peas, 90 acres of farmland in pasture, 74 sheep, 51 acres of oats, 31 milk cows, 28 swine, 25 bushels of wheat, 23 acres of potatoes, 22 calves and heifers, 21 acres of peas, 21 bulls, oxen, or steers, 19 occupants of farms, 18 pounds of flax or hemp, 16 barrels of pork, 15 acres of barley, 14 horses, 10 bushels of rye, 8 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of wheat, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 105 yards of flannel, 29 yards of fulled cloth, 20 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 females of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| James Godfrey Hanna | 1788–1851 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC005006— 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). "Jersey, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/jersey-qc054020-1851/.