Brompton, Quebec (1851 census)
Brompton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 749. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.505°N, 72.049°W.
Population
In 1851, Brompton had a population of 749: 439 male and 310 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 749 |
| 1871 | 856 |
| 1881 | 1,425 |
| 1901 | 963 |
| 1911 | 1,002 |
| 1921 | 1,084 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Brompton and Gore, 1861 (70.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Brompton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 749 total population, 439 males, Male members of the family who are present: 415, 310 females, 303 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 299, 194 single females, 143 families, 125 married males, 103 married females, 38 females attending school, 29 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 24, 13 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 11 female births, 11 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 7 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 107 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 males aged 5 to 10, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 single females aged 15 to 20, 25 single females aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females under age 1, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 males under age 1, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 3 to 4, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 283 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 282 persons originating in Ireland, 94 persons originating in Scotland, 52 persons originating in England or Wales, 28 persons originating in the United States, 8 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 6,970 pounds of homemade butter, 5,715 bushels of oats, 4,893 acres of land in farms, 2,686 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,485 bushels of potatoes, 2,207 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,649 bushels of buckwheat, 1,333 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,234 acres of farmland under crops, 973 acres of farmland in pasture, 835 tons of hay, 785 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 638 bushels of corn, 558 pounds of maple sugar, 479 bushels of turnips, 454 bushels of wheat, 413 sheep, 186 bushels of rye, 160 milk cows, 157 acres of oats, 115 calves and heifers, 102 bulls, oxen, or steers, 85 horses, 78 bushels of peas, 72 acres of buckwheat, 69 swine, 49 occupants of farms, 48 barrels of pork, 43 barrels of beef, 40 bushels of beans, 38 acres of potatoes, 35 acres of corn, 33 acres of wheat, 27 bushels of carrots, 20 pounds of hops, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 16 bushels of barley, 15 acres of rye, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 acres of peas, 4 acres of barley, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,500 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 604 yards of flannel, 338 yards of fulled cloth, 12 saw mills, 12 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 5 saw mills reporting daily production, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ 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. 515,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 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. $ 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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC083001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63242621
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). "Brompton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brompton-qc076014-1851/.