Aylmer, Quebec (1851 census)
Aylmer was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 264. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.819°N, 70.988°W.
Population
In 1851, Aylmer had a population of 264: 149 male and 115 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 264 |
| 1861 | 865 |
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, Aylmer shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 264 total population, 149 males, Male members of the family who are present: 147, 115 females, Female members of the family who are present: 112, 106 single males, 75 single females, 45 families, 40 married males, 39 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 11 male births, 9 females attending school, 7 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 3 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 2, 2 males attending school, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 29 males aged 5 to 10, 19 single males aged 15 to 20, 18 females aged 5 to 10, 18 single females aged 10 to 15, 16 single males aged 20 to 30, 14 married females aged 20 to 30, 13 single males aged 10 to 15, 12 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 married males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 30 to 40, 9 males under age 1, 9 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 females under age 1, 5 males aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 males aged 3 to 4, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 264 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 15,041 pounds of maple sugar, 4,920 acres of land in farms, 4,393 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,896 bushels of potatoes, 1,178 bushels of rye, 694 bushels of barley, 527 acres of farmland under cultivation, 468 acres of farmland under crops, 464 bushels of oats, 244 pounds of homemade butter, 204 bushels of turnips, 199 bushels of wheat, 143 bushels of buckwheat, 135 bushels of peas, 107 acres of rye, 68 swine, 63 pounds of wool produced on farms, 61 pounds of flax or hemp, 59 acres of barley, 59 acres of farmland in pasture, 55 sheep, 54 acres of oats, 50 occupants of farms, 47 acres of potatoes, 46 pounds of tobacco, 32 milk cows, 29 acres of wheat, 29 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 26 tons of hay, 25 acres of peas, 24 barrels of pork, 23 horses, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 acres of buckwheat, 12 bulls, oxen, or steers, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 calves and heifers, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of corn, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 129 yards of linen, 65 yards of flannel, 45 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 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 not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, 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 daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, 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 not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by 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. 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reuben Crandall | 1767–1853 | died here |
| Levi Ruggles Church | 1836–1892 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC005002— 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). "Aylmer, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/aylmer-qc062013-1851/.