Barnston, Quebec (1851 census)

Barnston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,492. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28770225. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.084°N, 71.901°W.

Population

In 1851, Barnston had a population of 2,492: 1,283 male and 1,209 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Barnston shared boundaries with:

• Barford
• Compton
• Hatley
• Stanstead

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,492 total population, 1,283 males, 1,209 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,179, Female members of the family who are present: 1,149, 850 single males, 752 single females, 421 families, 409 married males, 401 married females, 364 males attending school, 319 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 104, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 56 widowed females, 41 female births, 32 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 28, 24 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 183 females aged 5 to 10, 178 males aged 5 to 10, 170 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 single females aged 10 to 15, 154 single males aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 20 to 30, 114 single females aged 15 to 20, 109 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 married females aged 40 to 50, 81 single females aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females under age 1, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 38 males under age 1, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,615 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 553 persons originating in the United States, 165 French Canadians, 94 persons originating in Ireland, 48 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in Scotland, 7 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 14,150 pounds of maple sugar, 11,381 barrels of pork, 10,465 pounds of homemade butter, 9,566 acres of land in farms, 6,710 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,032 bushels of oats, 3,939 bushels of potatoes, 1,833 acres of farmland under crops, 1,785 bushels of wheat, 1,500 barrels of beef, 1,300 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,285 bushels of buckwheat, 1,194 tons of hay, 1,015 acres of farmland in pasture, 986 bushels of rye, 790 bushels of turnips, 708 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 610 bushels of barley, 552 sheep, 541 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 462 bushels of corn, 352 occupants of farms, 200 bulls, oxen, or steers, 183 calves and heifers, 180 milk cows, 171 acres of oats, 154 acres of wheat, 116 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 114 horses, 98 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 78 swine, 65 acres of buckwheat, 63 bushels of peas, 60 acres of potatoes, 57 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 acres of rye, 52 bushels of beans, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 38 acres of barley, 35 bushels of carrots, 31 acres of corn, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 pounds of flax or hemp, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of peas, 4 acres of turnips, 2S56 acres of farmland under cultivation. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $1,628 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,600 distilleries returning capital, 1,247 yards of flannel, $1,050 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 750 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $700 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $450 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 270 yards of fulled cloth, 250 tanneries returning capital, 10 employees in saw mills, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills powered by water, 10 saw mills returning capital, 7 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills powered by water, 5 grist mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 distilleries, 2 distilleries reporting, 2 employees in distilleries, 2 grist mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries not reporting,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. $150 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily 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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1,875 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC077002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28770225

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). "Barnston, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/barnston-qc077002-1851/.