Wentworth, Quebec (1851 census)
Wentworth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 296. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244703. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.826°N, 74.416°W.
Population
In 1851, Wentworth had a population of 296: 156 male and 140 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 296 |
| 1861 | 343 |
| 1901 | 1,064 |
| 1911 | 855 |
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, Wentworth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 296 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 156, 156 males, 140 females, Female members of the family who are present: 138, 117 single males, 98 single females, 48 families, 39 married females, 38 married males, 18 males attending school, 15 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 3 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 female births, 1 male births, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 47 females aged 5 to 10, 44 males aged 5 to 10, 22 single males aged 10 to 15, 20 single females aged 10 to 15, 17 single males aged 15 to 20, 13 single females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 20 to 30, 9 married males aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 20 to 30, 8 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 20 to 30, 7 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 males under age 1, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 females age 3 to 4, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 females under age 1, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 149 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 105 persons originating in Ireland, 29 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,674 tons of hay, 7,625 pounds of homemade butter, 6,225 acres of land in farms, 5,206 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,558 bushels of oats, 2,339 bushels of potatoes, 1,019 acres of farmland under cultivation, 574 pounds of wool produced on farms, 528 acres of farmland in pasture, 491 acres of farmland under crops, 470 bushels of turnips, 228 sheep, 172 bushels of wheat, 168 acres of oats, 137 milk cows, 116 bushels of buckwheat, 103 swine, 92 calves and heifers, 57 acres of potatoes, 51 horses, 50 barrels of pork, 46 occupants of farms, 34 bushels of barley, 28 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 22 bushels of peas, 22 bulls, oxen, or steers, 19 barrels of beef, 18 acres of wheat, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 bushels of corn, 8 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of turnips, 3 acres of corn, 2 acres of peas, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 375 yards of flannel, 221 yards of fulled cloth, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries 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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC080014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC142012_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244703
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). "Wentworth, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wentworth-qc080014-1851/.