Cox, Quebec (1851 census)
Cox was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.093°N, 65.361°W.
Population
In 1851, Cox had a population of 1,693: 871 male and 822 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,693 |
| 1861 | 2,161 |
| 1871 | 2,845 |
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, Cox shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,693 total population, 871 males, 822 females, Male members of the family who are present: 775, Female members of the family who are present: 749, 616 single males, 558 single females, 259 families, 236 married females, 236 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, 55 females attending school, 48 males attending school, 30 female births, 28 widowed females, 24 male births, 19 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 124 males aged 5 to 10, 114 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 10 to 15, 106 single males aged 15 to 20, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 97 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 single males aged 10 to 15, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 females under age 1, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 27 males under age 1, 25 females age 3 to 4, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 861 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 648 French Canadians, 27 persons originating in England or Wales, 24 persons originating in New Brunswick, 24 persons originating in Scotland, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in Newfoundland, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 11 persons originating in the United States, 6 Indigenous females, 6 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 52 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,285 acres of land in farms, 8,852 bushels of potatoes, 7,864 bushels of oats, 7,497 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,646 pounds of homemade butter, 3,130 bushels of wheat, 2,107 bushels of turnips, 1,788 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,101 bushels of barley, 986 acres of farmland under crops, 930 pounds of wool produced on farms, 800 pounds of maple sugar, 782 tons of hay, 780 acres of farmland in pasture, 514 sheep, 496 swine, 449 acres of oats, 312 milk cows, 292 acres of wheat, 231 bulls, oxen, or steers, 226 occupants of farms, 183 calves and heifers, 148 barrels of pork, 147 horses, 122 acres of potatoes, 118 acres of barley, 84 barrels of beef, 81 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 45 bushels of peas, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of peas, 3 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of carrots, 3 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 113 yards of fulled cloth, 34 yards of flannel, 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 grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in woollen factories, 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, 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 grist 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| David Le Boutillier | 1811–1854 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Cox, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cox-qc051003-1851/.