Stratford, Quebec (1851 census)
Stratford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 124. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244617. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.819°N, 71.282°W.
Population
In 1851, Stratford had a population of 124: 72 male and 52 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 124 |
| 1861 | 413 |
| 1881 | 720 |
| 1891 | 723 |
| 1901 | 769 |
| 1911 | 1,009 |
| 1921 | 1,111 |
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, Stratford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 124 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 72, 72 males, 57 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 52, 52 females, 37 single females, 17 families, 15 married females, 15 married males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 3 female births, 3 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 11 males aged 5 to 10, 11 single males aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 10 to 15, 10 single males aged 10 to 15, 9 females aged 5 to 10, 8 single males aged 20 to 30, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 30 to 40, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 males aged 2 to 3, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 30 to 40, 3 females under age 1, 3 males under age 1, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 124 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 2,100 acres of land in farms, 1,959 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,890 pounds of maple sugar, 972 bushels of potatoes, 418 bushels of turnips, 360 pounds of homemade butter, 248 bushels of wheat, 146 bushels of oats, 141 acres of farmland under cultivation, 121 acres of farmland under crops, 56 bushels of buckwheat, 35 acres of wheat, 25 acres of potatoes, 20 occupants of farms, 19 acres of farmland in pasture, 17 swine, 16 bulls, oxen, or steers, 15 acres of oats, 15 tons of hay, 14 acres of buckwheat, 13 bushels of peas, 13 milk cows, 12 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of rye, 9 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 acres of rye, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 barrels of pork, 5 calves and heifers, 5 horses, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 sheep, 2 acres of peas, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $400 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $40 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 36 yards of linen, $30 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in saw mills, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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 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 not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ 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.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 500 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099012_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244617
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). "Stratford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/stratford-qc076021-1851/.