Cranbourne, Quebec (1851 census)
Cranbourne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 284. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.354°N, 70.614°W.
Population
In 1851, Cranbourne had a population of 284: 149 male and 135 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 284 |
| 1861 | 416 |
| 1871 | 598 |
| 1881 | 859 |
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, Cranbourne shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 284 total population, 149 males, 135 females, Male members of the family who are present: 128, Female members of the family who are present: 118, 88 single males, 75 single females, 59 married females, 57 families, 56 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 21, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, 5 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 4 females attending school, 3 female births, 3 male births, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males, 1 males attending school, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 27 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 females aged 5 to 10, 16 males aged 5 to 10, 16 single males aged 10 to 15, 14 married females aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 15 to 20, 13 single males aged 20 to 30, 12 single females aged 10 to 15, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 9 single females aged 15 to 20, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 females aged 4 to 5, 5 females under age 1, 5 males under age 1, 5 married females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 females aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 114 persons originating in Ireland, 87 French Canadians, 63 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 8 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,300 tons of hay, 5,569 acres of land in farms, 4,636 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,138 pounds of homemade butter, 3,424 bushels of potatoes, 3,144 pounds of maple sugar, 1,980 bushels of oats, 933 acres of farmland under cultivation, 694 acres of farmland in pasture, 264 bushels of turnips, 239 pounds of wool produced on farms, 238 acres of farmland under crops, 162 bushels of barley, 134 acres of oats, 121 sheep, 99 milk cows, 88 swine, 69 acres of potatoes, 62 calves and heifers, 61 bushels of rye, 50 occupants of farms, 38 bushels of peas, 37 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 33 horses, 32 barrels of pork, 22 acres of barley, 15 bushels of wheat, 14 bushels of carrots, 10 bulls, oxen, or steers, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of rye, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 pounds of tobacco, 3 acres of peas, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 173 yards of flannel, 43 yards of fulled cloth, $36 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $4 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 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 saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, 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 value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, 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 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 Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047005_1871— 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). "Cranbourne, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cranbourne-qc054019-1851/.