Alton, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Alton, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.782°N, 72.125°W.

Population

In 1851, Alton, Township had a population of 205: 101 male and 104 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

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Alban, 1861 (34.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Alton, Township shared boundaries with:

• Cap Santé
• Deschambault
• NO DATA
• St. Casimir

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 110 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 205 total population, 104 females, 101 males, Female members of the family who are present: 100, Male members of the family who are present: 95, 68 single females, 66 single males, 35 families, 34 married males, 33 married females, 12 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Males present who are not members of the family: 6, 6 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, 3 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 16 females aged 5 to 10, 16 males aged 5 to 10, 16 single males aged 10 to 15, 13 single females aged 10 to 15, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 11 females under age 1, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 9 single males aged 15 to 20, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 males under age 1, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 females aged 4 to 5, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 2 females age 3 to 4, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 205 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 37 occupants of farms, 23 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, 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 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC068004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068004 — 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). "Alton, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/alton-township-qc068004-1851/.