HGIS Canada › Quebec › Brompton and Gore › 1861
Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Brompton and Gore, Quebec (1861 census)

Brompton and Gore was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,168. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.501°N, 72.092°W.

Population

In 1861, Brompton and Gore had a population of 1,168: 621 male and 547 female residents.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Brompton and Gore shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,168 total population, 621 males, Male members of the family who are present: 573, 547 females, Female members of the family who are present: 513, 419 single males, 360 single females, 191 married males, 171 married females, 115 males attending school, 114 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 48, Females present who are not members of the family: 34, 29 male births, 26 adult males unable to read or write, 21 female births, 19 adult females unable to read or write, 16 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 2 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 88 females aged 5 to 10, 85 males aged 5 to 10, 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 70 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 married females aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 43 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 620 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 265 French Canadians, 102 persons originating in Scotland, 81 persons originating in the United States, 57 persons originating in Ireland, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $67,675 value farms (dollars), $17,509 value all livestock, 15,066 pounds of homemade butter, 13,280 bushels of oats, 10,920 pounds of maple sugar, 10,021 bushels of potatoes, 7,251 acres of land in farms, $6,745 value horses aged over 3 years, 6,532 bushels of turnips, 4,494 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,218 bushels of buckwheat, $3,819 value farm implements in dollars, 2,757 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,575 acres of farmland under crops, 1,492 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,182 acres of farmland in pasture, 785 bushels of corn, 715 tons of hay, 699 bushels of barley, 673 bushels of rye, 650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 456 acres of oats, 372 sheep, 257 calves and heifers, 199 bushels of spring wheat, 165 horses aged over 3 years, 162 bushels of carrots, 161 acres of buckwheat, 131 bushels of peas, 100 pounds of flax or hemp, 80 swine, 67 milk cows, 66 bulls, oxen, or steers, 64 occupants of farms, 62 barrels of pork, 57 acres of potatoes, 33 barrels of beef, 30 acres of corn, 29 acres of barley, 29 acres of rye, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of beans, 9 acres of spring wheat, 6 acres of peas, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 pounds of hops, 1 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,736 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 860 yards of flannel, 96 carriages for pleasure, 33 yards of fulled cloth, 14 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Brompton and Gore, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brompton-and-gore-qc044001-1861/.