Aylwin, Quebec (1861 census)

Aylwin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 350. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242345. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.953°N, 76.062°W.

Population

In 1861, Aylwin had a population of 350.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1851 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Aylwin shared boundaries with:

• Cawood
• Hincks
• Low
• Stanhope
• Wabasse and Wright

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 350 total population, 6 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 194 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 88 persons originating in Ireland, 39 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in Scotland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $40,920 value farms (dollars), 13,918 acres of land in farms, 12,618 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,913 bushels of oats, $10,604 value all livestock, 8,069 bushels of potatoes, 6,361 bushels of turnips, $3,508 value horses aged over 3 years, $1,954 value farm implements in dollars, 1,300 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,103 acres of farmland under crops, 484 bushels of spring wheat, 380 acres of oats, 341 bushels of peas, 319 tons of hay, 214 bushels of carrots, 197 acres of farmland in pasture, 153 bushels of winter wheat, 134 swine, 130 calves and heifers, 99 milk cows, 82 bulls, oxen, or steers, 72 acres of potatoes, 71 sheep, 54 occupants of farms, 50 horses aged over 3 years, 34 barrels of pork, 32 acres of spring wheat, 29 acres of turnips, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 pounds of wool produced on farms, 21 acres of peas, 20 bushels of barley, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 barrels of beef, 12 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 pounds of flax or hemp, 11 horses aged 3 years and under, 10 acres of winter wheat, 3 bushels of corn, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 100 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC205002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242345

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Aylwin, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/aylwin-qc039004-1861/.