Windsor, Quebec (1851 census)
Windsor was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 590. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139415. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.631°N, 71.916°W.
Population
In 1851, Windsor had a population of 590: 337 male and 253 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 590 |
| 1861 | 1,167 |
| 1871 | 1,107 |
| 1881 | 921 |
| 1891 | 967 |
| 1901 | 1,219 |
| 1911 | 1,295 |
| 1921 | 897 |
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, Windsor shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 590 total population, 337 males, Male members of the family who are present: 259, 253 females, 226 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 223, 161 single females, 104 married males, 90 families, 87 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, 21 females attending school, 19 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 11 female births, 10 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 7 widowed males, 5 widowed females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 49 females aged 5 to 10, 47 males aged 5 to 10, 38 single males aged 15 to 20, 35 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 single females aged 15 to 20, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 13 males under age 1, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 females under age 1, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 10 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 females age 3 to 4, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 223 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 130 French Canadians, 98 persons originating in Scotland, 96 persons originating in Ireland, 24 persons originating in the United States, 18 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,365 pounds of maple sugar, 9,790 pounds of homemade butter, 7,786 acres of land in farms, 5,791 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,290 bushels of potatoes, 3,866 bushels of oats, 1,995 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,269 bushels of buckwheat, 1,111 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,101 acres of farmland under crops, 891 acres of farmland in pasture, 783 bushels of wheat, 688 tons of hay, 497 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 423 bushels of turnips, 417 sheep, 388 bushels of corn, 245 bushels of rye, 175 milk cows, 147 acres of oats, 146 calves and heifers, 103 bushels of peas, 92 swine, 87 acres of wheat, 79 barrels of pork, 76 barrels of beef, 64 acres of buckwheat, 62 occupants of farms, 60 acres of potatoes, 50 bulls, oxen, or steers, 44 horses, 38 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 21 acres of rye, 21 bushels of barley, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of corn, 10 acres of peas, 10 bushels of beans, 9 bushels of carrots, 7 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 acres of turnips, 2 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 342 yards of flannel, $300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $125 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $45 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 37 yards of fulled cloth, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, 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, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, 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 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. 200,000 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC083008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q139415
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_(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). "Windsor, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/windsor-qc076016-1851/.