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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Chambly, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)

Chambly, Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,673. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.460°N, 73.302°W.

Population

In 1851, Chambly, Parish had a population of 3,673: 1,803 male and 1,870 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, Chambly, Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 210 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,673 total population, 1,870 females, 1,803 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,683, Male members of the family who are present: 1,610, 1,313 single females, 1,280 single males, 545 families, 492 married males, 477 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 193, Females present who are not members of the family: 187, Male members of the family who are present: 157, 80 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 76, 61 male births, 58 female births, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 267 females aged 5 to 10, 234 single males aged 15 to 20, 225 single females aged 15 to 20, 222 single females aged 10 to 15, 213 males aged 5 to 10, 213 single males aged 10 to 15, 180 single males aged 20 to 30, 147 married females aged 30 to 40, 147 married males aged 30 to 40, 132 single females aged 20 to 30, 131 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 females aged 1 to 2, 99 males aged 1 to 2, 98 married males aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 males under age 1, 66 females under age 1, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 62 females age 3 to 4, 60 single females aged 30 to 40, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 single females aged 40 to 50, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 40 to 50, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 single males aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,294 French Canadians, 185 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 80 persons originating in Ireland, 59 persons originating in England or Wales, 29 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 706,830 tons of hay, 56,409 pounds of homemade butter, 43,112 bushels of oats, 34,007 acres of land in farms, 24,685 acres of farmland under cultivation, 23,502 bushels of wheat, 20,410 bushels of peas, 15,827 acres of farmland under crops, 9,691 bushels of potatoes, 9,322 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,553 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,366 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,597 pounds of tobacco, 3,384 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3,255 acres of wheat, 2,995 acres of oats, 2,959 bushels of barley, 2,884 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,547 pounds of maple sugar, 2,270 sheep, 2,208 acres of peas, 1,866 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,729 swine, 1,624 milk cows, 1,485 horses, 1,177 bushels of carrots, 1,175 barrels of pork, 1,109 calves and heifers, 907 bushels of corn, 635 bushels of buckwheat, 440 occupants of farms, 417 bushels of beans, 351 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 316 bulls, oxen, or steers, 305 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 244 acres of barley, 236 acres of potatoes, 191 bushels of turnips, 137 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 130 barrels of beef, 124 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 109 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 78 acres of buckwheat, 72 acres of corn, 42 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,023 yards of fulled cloth, 2,478 yards of flannel, $1,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,141 yards of linen, $600 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $312 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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 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 53 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, 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 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Chambly, Parish, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chambly-parish-qc052008-1851/.