Westbury, Quebec (1851 census)

Westbury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 115. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.480°N, 71.656°W.

Population

In 1851, Westbury had a population of 115: 63 male and 52 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, Westbury shared boundaries with:

• Bury
• Dudswell
• Eaton
• Newport
• Stoke, Hampden, Ditton, Marston, Whitton, Clinton, Chesham

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 115 total population, 63 males, Male members of the family who are present: 56, 52 females, Female members of the family who are present: 50, 39 single males, 31 single females, 23 families, 22 married males, 21 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 7, 5 males attending school, 4 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 female births, 2 widowed males, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 10 males aged 5 to 10, 9 married males aged 30 to 40, 9 single females aged 10 to 15, 9 single males aged 15 to 20, 7 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 10 to 15, 5 females aged 5 to 10, 5 married females aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 females aged 1 to 2, 3 females aged 4 to 5, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 2 females under age 1, 2 married females aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 70 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in the United States, 10 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,850 pounds of maple sugar, 3,318 acres of land in farms, 2,548 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,939 bushels of oats, 1,767 pounds of homemade butter, 1,031 bushels of potatoes, 900 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 800 acres of farmland under cultivation, 553 bushels of wheat, 534 acres of farmland under crops, 487 pounds of wool produced on farms, 425 bushels of buckwheat, 308 tons of hay, 266 acres of farmland in pasture, 213 sheep, 137 pounds of flax or hemp, 84 bushels of barley, 80 acres of oats, 77 bulls, oxen, or steers, 60 calves and heifers, 60 milk cows, 55 acres of wheat, 50 bushels of corn, 50 bushels of peas, 32 barrels of pork, 31 swine, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 28 horses, 24 acres of buckwheat, 23 occupants of farms, 21 bushels of rye, 19 acres of potatoes, 14 pounds of hops, 10 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 acres of barley, 5 bushels of turnips, 4 acres of peas, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of rye, 3 barrels of beef, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 393 yards of flannel, 153 yards of fulled cloth, $87 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 66 yards of linen, $7 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in saw mills, 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 grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   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 mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   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 capital returned by grist 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.   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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 28 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: QC076018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC051016_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244704

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). "Westbury, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/westbury-qc076018-1851/.