Potton, Quebec (1851 census)
Potton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,707. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.079°N, 72.381°W.
Population
In 1851, Potton had a population of 1,707: 867 male and 840 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,707 |
| 1861 | 1,994 |
| 1871 | 2,178 |
| 1881 | 2,380 |
| 1891 | 2,253 |
| 1901 | 1,978 |
| 1911 | 1,941 |
| 1921 | 1,971 |
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, Potton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 204 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,707 total population, 867 males, 840 females, Male members of the family who are present: 791, Female members of the family who are present: 784, 550 single males, 509 single females, 306 families, 302 males attending school, 300 married males, 296 married females, 251 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 76, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, 35 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 28, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 22 female births, 19 male births, 17 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 122 females aged 5 to 10, 121 males aged 5 to 10, 115 single females aged 10 to 15, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 103 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married males aged 30 to 40, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 married males aged 20 to 30, 65 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females under age 1, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males under age 1, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 males of unknown age, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,051 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 556 persons originating in the United States, 69 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 50,663 pounds of homemade butter, 40,661 pounds of maple sugar, 27,211 acres of land in farms, 16,650 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,646 bushels of oats, 12,796 bushels of potatoes, 10,561 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,945 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,226 acres of farmland under crops, 5,946 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,799 bushels of corn, 5,069 tons of hay, 4,250 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,962 bushels of wheat, 3,650 pounds of hops, 2,879 bushels of turnips, 2,835 bushels of buckwheat, 2,273 sheep, 811 pounds of flax or hemp, 790 barrels of beef, 779 calves and heifers, 770 milk cows, 752 bulls, oxen, or steers, 724 gallons of cider, 696 bushels of rye, 655 bushels of barley, 598 barrels of pork, 597 acres of oats, 468 bushels of peas, 402 horses, 356 bushels of beans, 345 swine, 279 acres of corn, 279 bushels of carrots, 271 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 253 occupants of farms, 233 acres of wheat, 201 acres of potatoes, 147 acres of buckwheat, 100 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 67 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 58 acres of rye, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 acres of peas, 34 acres of barley, 16 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,077 yards of flannel, $1,900 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,825 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,501 yards of fulled cloth, 583 yards of linen, $420 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $350 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 9 employees in saw mills, 9 saw mills, 9 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills returning capital, 5 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills not reporting, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 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 tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 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, 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045005_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244485
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). "Potton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/potton-qc077005-1851/.