Stanfold, Quebec (1851 census)

Stanfold was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,418. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142516. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.200°N, 71.892°W.

Population

In 1851, Stanfold had a population of 1,418: 729 male and 689 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Stanfold shared boundaries with:

• Arthabaska
• Blandford
• Bulstrode
• Somerset
• Somerset, augmentation

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,418 total population, 729 males, 689 females, Male members of the family who are present: 678, Female members of the family who are present: 656, 507 single males, 469 single females, 224 families, 214 married males, 209 married females, 98 females attending school, 98 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 51, 43 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 33, 25 female births, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 123 females aged 5 to 10, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 101 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 49 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 males under age 1, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 females age 3 to 4, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 single females aged 20 to 30, 25 females under age 1, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,405 French Canadians, 10 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 17,942 pounds of maple sugar, 12,369 acres of land in farms, 11,161 bushels of oats, 9,096 bushels of potatoes, 7,930 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,794 bushels of wheat, 4,439 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,969 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,761 pounds of homemade butter, 2,660 acres of farmland under crops, 2,186 bushels of peas, 1,990 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,779 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,470 bushels of barley, 1,064 bushels of buckwheat, 995 sheep, 847 tons of hay, 763 pounds of tobacco, 649 acres of wheat, 595 acres of oats, 545 swine, 444 bushels of rye, 337 milk cows, 295 acres of peas, 271 barrels of pork, 206 occupants of farms, 205 horses, 204 bulls, oxen, or steers, 187 calves and heifers, 179 acres of buckwheat, 164 acres of potatoes, 148 acres of barley, 113 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 36 acres of rye, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of corn, 5 barrels of beef, 4 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,331 yards of linen, 1,115 yards of fulled cloth, 1,078 yards of flannel, $550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 350 grist mills not reporting, 5 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, $2 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   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 tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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 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. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 of unknown age: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC055011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC153037 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142516
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville

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). "Stanfold, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/stanfold-qc055011-1851/.