HGIS Canada › Quebec › Abbotsford › 1851
Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Abbotsford, Quebec (1851 census)

Abbotsford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 522. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.446°N, 72.871°W.

Population

In 1851, Abbotsford had a population of 522: 246 male and 276 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Abbotsford shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 522 total population, 276 females, Female members of the family who are present: 256, 246 males, Male members of the family who are present: 229, 173 single females, 151 single males, 95 families, 89 married females, 89 married males, 32 females attending school, 29 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, Males present who are not members of the family: 17, 14 widowed females, 9 male births, 7 female births, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 33 single females aged 10 to 15, 32 females aged 5 to 10, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 31 males aged 5 to 10, 31 single males aged 10 to 15, 23 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 single males aged 15 to 20, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 single males aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 married males aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 females age 3 to 4, 9 males under age 1, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 7 females under age 1, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 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 277 French Canadians, 167 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 37 persons originating in the United States, 29 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,827 pounds of homemade butter, 6,455 acres of land in farms, 6,345 bushels of potatoes, 4,145 pounds of maple sugar, 3,764 bushels of oats, 3,637 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,818 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,617 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,710 bushels of wheat, 1,407 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,373 acres of farmland under crops, 1,339 bushels of corn, 1,213 pounds of wool produced on farms, 747 tons of hay, 476 sheep, 232 pounds of tobacco, 226 acres of oats, 212 gallons of cider, 211 milk cows, 206 calves and heifers, 205 bushels of peas, 179 acres of wheat, 156 bushels of buckwheat, 136 barrels of beef, 136 horses, 107 bulls, oxen, or steers, 101 barrels of pork, 100 bushels of turnips, 98 acres of potatoes, 97 swine, 83 occupants of farms, 79 bushels of carrots, 77 acres of corn, 58 bushels of beans, 45 pounds of hops, 40 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 38 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 pounds of flax or hemp, 28 acres of peas, 24 bushels of barley, 19 acres of buckwheat, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of rye, 4 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,000 saw mill plants, $1,250 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 1,190 tanneries returning capital, 453 yards of flannel, 176 yards of fulled cloth, 100 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 60 employees in tanneries, 7 yards of linen, 5 employees in foundries, 5 tanneries, 4 tanneries reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 tanneries not reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   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 weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  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. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $8,500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (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: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Abbotsford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/abbotsford-qc078007-1851/.