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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63242700

Buckingham, Quebec (1851 census)

Buckingham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,204. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.616°N, 75.452°W.

Population

In 1851, Buckingham had a population of 2,204: 1,217 male and 987 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Buckingham shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 190 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,204 total population, 1,217 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,152, 987 females, Female members of the family who are present: 933, 885 single males, 656 single females, 315 married males, 306 married females, 235 families, 99 females attending school, 88 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 65, 58 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 53 male births, 25 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 18, 17 widowed males, 6 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 178 females aged 5 to 10, 178 males aged 5 to 10, 132 single males aged 10 to 15, 117 single males aged 15 to 20, 113 single females aged 10 to 15, 113 single males aged 20 to 30, 112 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 males of unknown age, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 females under age 1, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 50 males under age 1, 40 females age 3 to 4, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 34 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 901 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 721 French Canadians, 472 persons originating in Ireland, 56 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in the United States, 19 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 23,846 acres of land in farms, 19,827 pounds of homemade butter, 18,290 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,713 bushels of potatoes, 14,804 bushels of oats, 5,556 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,077 acres of farmland under crops, 2,857 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,632 bushels of corn, 2,610 pounds of maple sugar, 2,455 bushels of turnips, 2,228 tons of hay, 1,886 bushels of wheat, 1,680 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,479 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,372 sheep, 838 bushels of peas, 698 acres of oats, 519 milk cows, 486 swine, 453 calves and heifers, 361 bushels of buckwheat, 270 horses, 242 bulls, oxen, or steers, 233 barrels of pork, 219 bushels of rye, 216 bushels of beans, 212 acres of potatoes, 192 barrels of beef, 179 occupants of farms, 169 acres of wheat, 155 acres of corn, 125 bushels of carrots, 116 pounds of hops, 85 acres of peas, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 55 bushels of barley, 39 acres of turnips, 25 gallons of cider, 22 acres of buckwheat, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 acres of rye, 4 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 150,000 saw mill plants, $25,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,666 yards of flannel, 551 yards of fulled cloth, 34 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills powered by water, 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 reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills,   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,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   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 grist mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 60 to 70: 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 females under age 1: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Buckingham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/buckingham-qc067004-1851/.