Beaumont, Quebec (1851 census)
Beaumont was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,153. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2893240. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.818°N, 70.986°W.
Population
In 1851, Beaumont had a population of 2,153: 1,096 male and 1,057 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,153 |
| 1861 | 1,229 |
| 1871 | 1,142 |
| 1881 | 922 |
| 1891 | 811 |
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, Beaumont shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 208 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,153 total population, 1,096 males, 1,057 females, Male members of the family who are present: 959, Female members of the family who are present: 887, 736 single males, 693 single females, 375 families, 324 married females, 322 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 170, 138 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 137, 121 females attending school, 49 male births, 42 female births, 40 widowed females, 38 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 32, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 4 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 160 females aged 5 to 10, 135 males aged 5 to 10, 101 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 single females aged 15 to 20, 99 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 30 to 40, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 51 females aged 1 to 2, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 males under age 1, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 36 females under age 1, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 females age 3 to 4, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 males of unknown age, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,010 French Canadians, 66 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 250,205 tons of hay, 32,312 bushels of potatoes, 31,865 pounds of homemade butter, 27,820 bushels of oats, 17,968 acres of land in farms, 11,409 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,839 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,559 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,868 pounds of maple sugar, 4,451 acres of farmland under crops, 4,035 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,757 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,179 bushels of wheat, 2,179 acres of oats, 2,166 bushels of rye, 1,520 sheep, 1,353 bushels of peas, 729 milk cows, 590 barrels of pork, 572 swine, 492 bulls, oxen, or steers, 430 acres of wheat, 348 acres of potatoes, 319 bushels of turnips, 317 calves and heifers, 293 horses, 281 acres of rye, 182 acres of peas, 175 occupants of farms, 119 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 barrels of beef, 82 bushels of carrots, 77 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 49 bushels of corn, 48 bushels of barley, 38 bushels of beans, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 pounds of tobacco, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of corn, 5 acres of barley, 4 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,000 saw mill plants, 4,106 yards of linen, 2,744 yards of flannel, 2,654 yards of fulled cloth, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 675 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $250 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 175 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $91 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $22 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 tanneries, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, 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 mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 35 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC049005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC141002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2893240
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Beaumont, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beaumont-qc049005-1851/.