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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Kilkenny, Quebec (1851 census)

Kilkenny was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.949°N, 73.900°W.

Population

In 1851, Kilkenny had a population of 1,050: 533 male and 517 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,050
18611,520

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, Kilkenny 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 1,050 total population, 533 males, 517 females, Male members of the family who are present: 512, Female members of the family who are present: 490, 343 single males, 327 single females, 190 married females, 188 married males, 172 families, 45 males attending school, 29 females attending school, 8 female births, 7 male births, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 75 males aged 5 to 10, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 females aged 5 to 10, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 10 to 15, 51 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 single females aged 15 to 20, 42 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 single males aged 20 to 30, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 males under age 1, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 females under age 1, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 871 French Canadians, 81 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 79 persons originating in Ireland, 16 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 32,049 tons of hay, 18,735 acres of land in farms, 15,791 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,630 pounds of maple sugar, 12,062 bushels of oats, 8,191 bushels of potatoes, 3,461 pounds of homemade butter, 2,944 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,301 bushels of buckwheat, 1,973 acres of farmland under crops, 971 acres of farmland in pasture, 862 acres of oats, 479 bushels of peas, 463 bushels of wheat, 461 pounds of flax or hemp, 302 milk cows, 297 swine, 267 acres of buckwheat, 250 sheep, 175 acres of potatoes, 174 occupants of farms, 151 horses, 148 pounds of wool produced on farms, 135 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 128 pounds of tobacco, 95 bushels of barley, 71 acres of wheat, 50 calves and heifers, 45 acres of peas, 39 bulls, oxen, or steers, 24 bushels of corn, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 bushels of rye, 14 acres of barley, 4 acres of corn, 3 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $5,200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,000 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $2,200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,000 saw mill plants, 2,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 149 yards of linen, 116 yards of flannel, 82 yards of fulled cloth, $12 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills powered by steam,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling). 100,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,600 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  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 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Kilkenny, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kilkenny-qc059012-1851/.