Dudswell, Quebec (1861 census)

Dudswell was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 727. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138456226. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.610°N, 71.598°W.

Population

In 1861, Dudswell had a population of 727.

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 1861

In the 1861 census, Dudswell shared boundaries with:

• Bury
• Lingwick
• St. Camille
• Stoke
• Weedon
• Westbury

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 727 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 498 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 102 French Canadians, 63 persons originating in the United States, 37 persons originating in Ireland, 26 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $108,615 value farms (dollars), 43,752 pounds of maple sugar, $27,403 value all livestock, 19,980 pounds of homemade butter, 15,777 bushels of oats, 14,331 acres of land in farms, 13,417 bushels of potatoes, 11,228 bushels of buckwheat, 9,287 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $7,892 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,044 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,931 bushels of turnips, 4,235 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $3,287 value farm implements in dollars, 3,069 acres of farmland under crops, 2,481 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,972 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,038 tons of hay, 954 bushels of spring wheat, 668 sheep, 505 acres of oats, 483 bushels of rye, 418 bushels of barley, 409 acres of buckwheat, 380 calves and heifers, 284 bushels of carrots, 269 bushels of peas, 260 milk cows, 243 bushels of corn, 175 barrels of pork, 166 swine, 136 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 occupants of farms, 102 horses aged over 3 years, 91 acres of potatoes, 86 barrels of beef, 70 acres of spring wheat, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 38 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 pounds of flax or hemp, 31 acres of rye, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 20 acres of barley, 20 bushels of beans, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 acres of peas, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of corn, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, $5 value garden and orchard crops, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,864 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,432 yards of flannel, 873 yards of fulled cloth, 97 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC059001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC192005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138456226

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Dudswell, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/dudswell-qc059001-1861/.