Ascot, Quebec (1851 census)
Ascot was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,268. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.369°N, 71.861°W.
Population
In 1851, Ascot had a population of 1,268: 640 male and 628 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 Ascot, 1861 (91.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Ascot shared boundaries with:
- Compton
- Eaton
- Hatley
- Sherbrooke, in Ascot
- Stoke, Hampden, Ditton, Marston, Whitton, Clinton, Chesham
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,268 total population, 640 males, 628 females, Female members of the family who are present: 586, Male members of the family who are present: 582, 427 single males, 409 single females, 215 families, 203 married males, 194 married females, 177 males attending school, 149 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 58, Females present who are not members of the family: 42, 25 widowed females, 21 female births, 13 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 103 females aged 5 to 10, 93 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 males aged 5 to 10, 77 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 married males aged 30 to 40, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 60 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females under age 1, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 females age 3 to 4, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 males under age 1, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males of unknown age, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 730 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 212 French Canadians, 131 persons originating in Ireland, 107 persons originating in the United States, 65 persons originating in England or Wales, 23 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,339 pounds of maple sugar, 31,500 pounds of homemade butter, 18,198 acres of land in farms, 12,702 bushels of oats, 10,734 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,461 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,948 bushels of potatoes, 5,680 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,444 acres of farmland under crops, 4,359 bushels of turnips, 4,278 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,817 bushels of buckwheat, 3,054 tons of hay, 2,990 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,621 bushels of wheat, 2,353 bushels of corn, 1,601 sheep, 855 pounds of flax or hemp, 574 milk cows, 491 calves and heifers, 468 bulls, oxen, or steers, 418 bushels of peas, 397 acres of oats, 298 horses, 290 bushels of barley, 264 bushels of rye, 262 barrels of pork, 236 swine, 224 acres of wheat, 217 bushels of carrots, 190 barrels of beef, 171 acres of buckwheat, 154 occupants of farms, 145 acres of potatoes, 142 bushels of beans, 101 acres of corn, 66 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of peas, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 acres of barley, 24 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17 acres of rye, 12 acres of turnips, 12 pounds of hops, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,380 yards of flannel, $1,125 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 674 yards of fulled cloth, 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $160 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $80 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 50 tanneries returning capital, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in tanneries, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in foundries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ 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. 60,000 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 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 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| T. Lee (Timothy Lee) Terrill | 1815–1879 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63242331
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). "Ascot, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ascot-qc076007-1851/.