Carleton, Quebec (1851 census)

Carleton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 855. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.166°N, 66.159°W.

Population

In 1851, Carleton had a population of 855: 451 male and 404 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, Carleton shared boundaries with:

• Maria
• NO DATA
• Nouvelle

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 855 total population, 451 males, Male members of the family who are present: 443, 404 females, Female members of the family who are present: 398, 340 single males, 269 single females, 116 families, 112 married females, 103 married males, 64 males attending school, 55 females attending school, 23 widowed females, 16 male births, 15 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 8, 8 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 males aged 5 to 10, 60 females aged 5 to 10, 49 single females aged 10 to 15, 49 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 41 married females aged 30 to 40, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 31 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males under age 1, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females age 3 to 4, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 797 French Canadians, 41 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,830 bushels of potatoes, 8,242 bushels of oats, 7,400 acres of land in farms, 5,790 pounds of homemade butter, 3,988 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,412 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,245 acres of farmland under crops, 1,960 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,870 bushels of wheat, 1,252 tons of hay, 1,167 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,109 bushels of barley, 952 sheep, 340 pounds of flax or hemp, 296 bushels of peas, 286 swine, 264 acres of oats, 244 milk cows, 201 acres of potatoes, 177 acres of wheat, 171 bulls, oxen, or steers, 140 barrels of pork, 123 horses, 118 acres of barley, 117 calves and heifers, 100 pounds of hops, 97 barrels of beef, 76 occupants of farms, 43 acres of peas, 36 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 22 bushels of turnips, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 bushels of carrots, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,593 yards of fulled cloth, 1,507 yards of flannel, 947 yards of linen, $250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist 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 not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills powered by steam,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   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,   saw mills returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC051007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242734

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). "Carleton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/carleton-qc051007-1851/.