Barford, Quebec (1851 census)
Barford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 428. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.085°N, 71.735°W.
Population
In 1851, Barford had a population of 428: 221 male and 207 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 428 |
| 1861 | 700 |
| 1871 | 1,339 |
| 1881 | 1,466 |
| 1891 | 1,631 |
| 1901 | 1,527 |
| 1911 | 943 |
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, Barford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 194 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 428 total population, 221 males, 207 females, Male members of the family who are present: 194, Female members of the family who are present: 191, 137 single males, 126 single females, 80 married males, 78 married females, 73 families, 56 males attending school, 46 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 7 female births, 6 male births, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 32 males aged 5 to 10, 31 females aged 5 to 10, 29 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 single males aged 15 to 20, 26 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 10 to 15, 22 single males aged 10 to 15, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 17 single males aged 20 to 30, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 8 females age 3 to 4, 8 females under age 1, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males under age 1, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 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 252 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 128 persons originating in the United States, 28 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 68,715 pounds of maple sugar, 67,230 pounds of homemade butter, 38,804 acres of land in farms, 38,397 bushels of oats, 27,182 bushels of potatoes, 21,375 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,429 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,735 bushels of wheat, 14,337 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,304 acres of farmland under crops, 9,727 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,207 tons of hay, 6,750 bushels of buckwheat, 5,980 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,704 pounds of hops, 3,632 sheep, 1,953 bushels of corn, 1,918 bushels of barley, 1,280 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,263 calves and heifers, 1,255 acres of oats, 1,218 acres of wheat, 1,126 milk cows, 869 barrels of pork, 767 horses, 626 bushels of turnips, 558 swine, 467 gallons of cider, 342 acres of potatoes, 342 bushels of carrots, 285 acres of buckwheat, 250 pounds of flax or hemp, 245 bushels of peas, 227 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 211 bushels of beans, 192 barrels of beef, 147 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 145 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 133 acres of corn, 94 acres of barley, 83 bushels of rye, 72 occupants of farms, 27 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 pounds of tobacco, 23 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 acres of peas, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 acres of rye, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,964 yards of flannel, 1,247 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 82 yards of linen, $50 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $50 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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 tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 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 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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC200001— 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). "Barford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/barford-qc077007-1851/.