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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Chester, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Chester, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.008°N, 71.776°W.

Population

In 1851, Chester, Township had a population of 931: 487 male and 444 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, Chester, Township shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 931 total population, 487 males, Male members of the family who are present: 452, 444 females, Female members of the family who are present: 433, 307 single males, 275 single females, 174 married males, 173 families, 165 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 35, 30 female births, 22 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 9 males attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 7 females attending school, 6 widowed males, 4 widowed females, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 married males aged 20 to 30, 72 males aged 5 to 10, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 55 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 females aged 5 to 10, 44 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 single males aged 15 to 20, 33 single females aged 15 to 20, 32 females under age 1, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 single males aged 10 to 15, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 25 males under age 1, 24 females age 3 to 4, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 18 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 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 931 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 30,648 pounds of maple sugar, 12,009 acres of land in farms, 9,962 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,945 bushels of potatoes, 2,564 bushels of oats, 2,269 bushels of wheat, 2,088 bushels of rye, 2,047 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,543 acres of farmland under crops, 1,064 bushels of buckwheat, 883 bushels of barley, 574 pounds of flax or hemp, 468 acres of farmland in pasture, 465 bushels of turnips, 332 pounds of wool produced on farms, 304 bushels of peas, 288 acres of wheat, 237 acres of oats, 204 acres of rye, 202 tons of hay, 190 occupants of farms, 162 bulls, oxen, or steers, 154 acres of buckwheat, 133 milk cows, 110 acres of potatoes, 106 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres of barley, 97 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 92 swine, 88 sheep, 82 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 80 barrels of pork, 48 acres of peas, 43 calves and heifers, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 horses, 12 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of beans, 9 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 322 yards of linen, 249 yards of fulled cloth, $175 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 119 yards of flannel, $55 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   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,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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 capital returned by grist 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.   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). $  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 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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). "Chester, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chester-township-qc055006-1851/.