Lingwick, Quebec (1851 census)
Lingwick was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 808. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q30322667. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.609°N, 71.312°W.
Population
In 1851, Lingwick had a population of 808: 420 male and 388 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 808 |
| 1861 | 564 |
| 1871 | 801 |
| 1881 | 1,035 |
| 1891 | 1,022 |
| 1901 | 791 |
| 1911 | 839 |
| 1921 | 724 |
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, Lingwick shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 808 total population, 420 males, 388 females, Male members of the family who are present: 372, Female members of the family who are present: 336, 302 single males, 262 single females, 122 families, 116 married females, 114 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 52, Males present who are not members of the family: 48, 23 females attending school, 20 males attending school, 16 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 13, 10 widowed females, 9 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 4 widowed males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 72 females aged 5 to 10, 66 males aged 5 to 10, 47 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 single females aged 10 to 15, 43 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 32 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 males under age 1, 19 married males aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 females of unknown age, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 males of unknown age, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 females under age 1, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 582 persons originating in Scotland, 184 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 21 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 6,185 pounds of maple sugar, 4,251 pounds of homemade butter, 3,041 bushels of oats, 3,014 bushels of potatoes, 2,558 acres of land in farms, 1,738 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,343 bushels of barley, 869 pounds of wool produced on farms, 820 acres of farmland under cultivation, 547 bushels of wheat, 545 tons of hay, 533 acres of farmland under crops, 398 sheep, 297 bushels of buckwheat, 286 acres of farmland in pasture, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 167 swine, 140 milk cows, 130 acres of oats, 119 bulls, oxen, or steers, 102 pounds of flax or hemp, 92 acres of barley, 86 calves and heifers, 74 bushels of rye, 72 occupants of farms, 64 acres of potatoes, 50 barrels of pork, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 41 acres of wheat, 34 horses, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 acres of buckwheat, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of peas, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of rye, 5 barrels of beef, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 326 yards of flannel, 49 yards of fulled cloth, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, 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 powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, 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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q30322667
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). "Lingwick, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lingwick-qc076011-1851/.