Wickham, Quebec (1851 census)
Wickham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.781°N, 72.444°W.
Population
In 1851, Wickham had a population of 574: 315 male and 259 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 574 |
| 1861 | 856 |
| 1871 | 515 |
| 1881 | 435 |
| 1891 | 499 |
| 1901 | 468 |
| 1911 | 530 |
| 1921 | 711 |
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, Wickham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 574 total population, 315 males, Male members of the family who are present: 296, 259 females, Female members of the family who are present: 250, 217 single males, 169 single females, 92 married males, 89 families, 85 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 19, 15 males attending school, 13 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 9 female births, 9 females attending school, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 5 widowed females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 51 females aged 5 to 10, 48 males aged 5 to 10, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 38 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 single males aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 single females aged 15 to 20, 23 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 single females aged 10 to 15, 17 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males under age 1, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 females under age 1, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 females age 3 to 4, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 238 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 192 French Canadians, 95 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in Scotland, 10 persons originating in all other places, 10 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,139 pounds of homemade butter, 9,683 pounds of maple sugar, 8,356 acres of land in farms, 7,847 bushels of oats, 7,482 bushels of potatoes, 5,431 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,925 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,275 bushels of wheat, 1,658 acres of farmland under crops, 1,463 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,402 bushels of turnips, 1,397 bushels of buckwheat, 1,247 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,143 pounds of flax or hemp, 835 bushels of peas, 672 sheep, 609 tons of hay, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 522 bushels of corn, 405 acres of oats, 228 milk cows, 224 acres of wheat, 178 swine, 168 calves and heifers, 164 bulls, oxen, or steers, 146 barrels of pork, 139 acres of potatoes, 127 horses, 95 acres of peas, 87 bushels of rye, 86 occupants of farms, 79 acres of buckwheat, 73 bushels of carrots, 55 bushels of beans, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 37 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 35 acres of corn, 34 barrels of beef, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 pounds of hops, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 pounds of tobacco, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 6 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,202 yards of flannel, 600 yards of linen, 432 yards of fulled cloth, 300 grist mills not reporting, $250 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $225 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $25 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 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 saw mills not reporting, $1 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), breweries, 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 foundries, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, 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 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 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Wickham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wickham-qc055010-1851/.