Sutton, Quebec (1851 census)
Sutton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,468. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.086°N, 72.588°W.
Population
In 1851, Sutton had a population of 2,468: 1,252 male and 1,216 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,468 |
| 1861 | 3,151 |
| 1871 | 3,143 |
| 1881 | 3,666 |
| 1891 | 3,362 |
| 1901 | 2,422 |
| 1911 | 2,179 |
| 1921 | 2,365 |
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, Sutton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 210 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,468 total population, 1,252 males, 1,216 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,192, Female members of the family who are present: 1,145, 810 single males, 759 single females, 422 married males, 419 married females, 416 families, 324 males attending school, 272 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, Female members of the family who are absent: 67, Males present who are not members of the family: 60, Male members of the family who are present: 45, 45 female births, 40 male births, 38 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 188 males aged 5 to 10, 172 single females aged 10 to 15, 162 females aged 5 to 10, 157 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single males aged 15 to 20, 141 single females aged 15 to 20, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 116 married males aged 40 to 50, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 80 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 53 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females under age 1, 41 males aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males under age 1, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 33 females age 3 to 4, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,541 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 470 persons originating in the United States, 309 French Canadians, 76 persons originating in Ireland, 65 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 95,745 pounds of homemade butter, 44,222 pounds of maple sugar, 35,547 acres of land in farms, 22,252 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,936 bushels of oats, 13,395 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,382 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,141 bushels of potatoes, 8,447 acres of farmland under crops, 7,619 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,171 bushels of wheat, 6,101 tons of hay, 5,655 bushels of corn, 4,924 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,933 sheep, 2,236 bushels of turnips, 2,181 bushels of buckwheat, 1,464 bushels of rye, 1,316 milk cows, 1,231 calves and heifers, 986 bulls, oxen, or steers, 764 barrels of beef, 729 pounds of flax or hemp, 580 horses, 538 barrels of pork, 507 bushels of peas, 492 bushels of carrots, 464 acres of wheat, 400 swine, 381 bushels of beans, 375 occupants of farms, 339 acres of corn, 267 bushels of barley, 199 acres of potatoes, 153 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 129 acres of buckwheat, 100 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 86 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 77 acres of rye, 45 acres of peas, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 acres of barley, 18 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of oats. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,590 yards of flannel, 1,914 yards of fulled cloth, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,075 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 904 yards of linen, 10 employees in saw mills, 9 saw mills, 9 saw mills powered by water, 9 saw mills reporting annual production, 7 saw mills returning capital, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist 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, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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, $ 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. 1,760,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 4,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual 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.) 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 15 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: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Allan Aaron Edson | 1846–1888 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC063001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC045006_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142521
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Sutton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sutton-qc063001-1851/.