Winslow, Quebec (1851 census)
Winslow was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 457. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.728°N, 71.149°W.
Population
In 1851, Winslow had a population of 457: 261 male and 196 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 457 |
| 1861 | 1,617 |
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, Winslow shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 457 total population, 261 males, Male members of the family who are present: 245, 196 females, Female members of the family who are present: 188, 181 single males, 116 single females, 98 families, 77 married males, 76 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 11 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 8, 6 male births, 4 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 35 males aged 5 to 10, 31 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 females aged 5 to 10, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 20 to 30, 22 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 females under age 1, 18 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 16 single females aged 15 to 20, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 12 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 10 males under age 1, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 2 married females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 253 French Canadians, 166 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,069 pounds of maple sugar, 4,057 bushels of potatoes, 3,850 acres of land in farms, 3,580 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,323 bushels of barley, 1,185 pounds of homemade butter, 1,131 bushels of oats, 699 bushels of rye, 347 bushels of wheat, 287 pounds of wool produced on farms, 270 acres of farmland under cultivation, 251 bushels of turnips, 206 tons of hay, 194 acres of farmland under crops, 160 sheep, 126 bushels of peas, 120 acres of barley, 99 acres of oats, 89 acres of potatoes, 78 acres of rye, 77 swine, 76 acres of farmland in pasture, 73 occupants of farms, 71 milk cows, 46 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 45 calves and heifers, 40 acres of wheat, 37 horses, 35 bulls, oxen, or steers, 34 barrels of pork, 33 bushels of buckwheat, 29 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 16 barrels of beef, 15 acres of peas, 11 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, $200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 167 yards of flannel, 164 yards of fulled cloth, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 52 yards of linen, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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 value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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 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. 22 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 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC016011— 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). "Winslow, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/winslow-qc076020-1851/.