Dunham, Quebec (1851 census)
Dunham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,491. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138207981. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.151°N, 72.785°W.
Population
In 1851, Dunham had a population of 3,491: 1,751 male and 1,740 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,491 |
| 1861 | 3,903 |
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, Dunham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 231 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,491 total population, 1,751 males, 1,740 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,512, Male members of the family who are present: 1,496, 1,144 single males, 1,097 single females, 581 families, 574 married males, 571 married females, 458 males attending school, 441 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 255, Females present who are not members of the family: 228, Male members of the family who are present: 80, 72 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 63, 62 male births, 61 female births, 33 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 243 females aged 5 to 10, 242 males aged 5 to 10, 207 single females aged 10 to 15, 195 married females aged 20 to 30, 192 single females aged 15 to 20, 192 single males aged 10 to 15, 192 single males aged 15 to 20, 177 single males aged 20 to 30, 176 married males aged 30 to 40, 147 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 40 to 50, 112 single females aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 married females aged 50 to 60, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 76 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males under age 1, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 63 females age 3 to 4, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 53 females under age 1, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,886 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 817 French Canadians, 437 persons originating in the United States, 171 persons originating in Ireland, 111 persons originating in England or Wales, 63 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 117,588 pounds of homemade butter, 59,416 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 44,682 acres of land in farms, 44,068 pounds of maple sugar, 31,993 bushels of oats, 23,208 acres of farmland under cultivation, 21,474 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,926 bushels of potatoes, 14,531 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,127 bushels of corn, 13,842 acres of farmland under crops, 11,330 bushels of wheat, 9,279 tons of hay, 9,024 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,039 bushels of turnips, 5,914 sheep, 5,622 bushels of carrots, 4,410 gallons of cider, 2,851 bushels of buckwheat, 2,087 milk cows, 2,000 calves and heifers, 1,383 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,106 acres of oats, 1,068 barrels of beef, 908 barrels of pork, 901 bushels of beans, 862 horses, 820 bushels of peas, 807 acres of wheat, 705 swine, 592 pounds of flax or hemp, 547 acres of corn, 427 occupants of farms, 342 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 289 bushels of rye, 284 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 205 acres of buckwheat, 182 pounds of hops, 152 pounds of tobacco, 148 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 138 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 103 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 95 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 67 acres of peas, 64 bushels of barley, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 acres of turnips, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 acres of rye, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,000 saw mill plants, 6,181 yards of flannel, $5,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4,881 yards of fulled cloth, 1,150 tanneries returning capital, $1,050 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 276 yards of linen, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $175 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 17 employees in saw mills, 11 saw mills, 11 saw mills powered by water, 10 saw mills returning capital, 7 employees in tanneries, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 tanneries, 2 employees in woollen factories, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills reporting weekly production, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories not reporting, 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 reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ 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. 495,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 34 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC063005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC033001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138207981
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). "Dunham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/dunham-qc063005-1851/.