Weedon, Quebec (1851 census)
Weedon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 299. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138528745. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.712°N, 71.463°W.
Population
In 1851, Weedon had a population of 299: 157 male and 142 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 299 |
| 1861 | 809 |
| 1871 | 1,286 |
| 1881 | 1,783 |
| 1891 | 2,219 |
| 1901 | 1,015 |
| 1911 | 1,254 |
| 1921 | 764 |
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, Weedon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 299 total population, 157 males, Male members of the family who are present: 146, 142 females, Female members of the family who are present: 137, 106 single males, 90 single females, 51 married females, 51 married males, 48 families, 14 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 7 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 30 males aged 5 to 10, 23 females aged 5 to 10, 20 married females aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 single females aged 10 to 15, 16 single males aged 15 to 20, 14 females under age 1, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 10 to 15, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 single females aged 15 to 20, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 males under age 1, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 292 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,150 pounds of maple sugar, 3,463 acres of land in farms, 2,936 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,247 bushels of potatoes, 2,180 bushels of turnips, 1,556 bushels of buckwheat, 1,427 bushels of oats, 1,010 bushels of wheat, 571 acres of farmland in pasture, 527 acres of farmland under cultivation, 468 acres of farmland under crops, 430 bushels of peas, 115 pounds of flax or hemp, 114 acres of wheat, 100 swine, 90 pounds of homemade butter, 81 acres of oats, 81 tons of hay, 80 pounds of wool produced on farms, 65 sheep, 52 bushels of barley, 51 barrels of pork, 49 acres of peas, 47 milk cows, 46 bulls, oxen, or steers, 44 occupants of farms, 40 acres of potatoes, 28 acres of turnips, 28 bushels of rye, 28 horses, 25 bushels of corn, 21 calves and heifers, 21 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 8 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of rye, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $450 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 38 yards of flannel, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 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 saw mills, 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 value of annual production or rent, 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, 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 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. 100,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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. barrels of flour produced per year by grist 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 400 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, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099013_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138528745
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). "Weedon, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/weedon-qc076012-1851/.