Eardley, Quebec (1861 census)

Eardley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,005. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243118. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.544°N, 75.998°W.

Population

In 1861, Eardley had a population of 1,005.

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, Eardley shared boundaries with:

• Hull
• Masham
• Onslow

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 1,005 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 540 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 274 French Canadians, 155 persons originating in Ireland, 27 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $175,708 value farms (dollars), $33,157 value all livestock, 25,792 bushels of potatoes, 24,482 pounds of homemade butter, 16,731 bushels of oats, $16,480 value horses aged over 3 years, 14,068 acres of land in farms, 10,457 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $9,917 value farm implements in dollars, 8,381 bushels of turnips, 7,419 bushels of spring wheat, 3,611 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,547 bushels of peas, 3,260 pounds of maple sugar, 2,989 bushels of carrots, 2,777 acres of farmland under crops, 1,479 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,125 bushels of corn, 908 tons of hay, 810 acres of farmland in pasture, 643 acres of oats, 473 acres of spring wheat, 425 sheep, 368 calves and heifers, 366 bushels of buckwheat, 343 swine, 316 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 313 milk cows, 297 bushels of winter wheat, 264 barrels of pork, 252 bushels of barley, 227 acres of peas, 199 acres of potatoes, 166 horses aged over 3 years, 126 occupants of farms, $93 value garden and orchard crops, 77 horses aged 3 years and under, 67 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 bushels of beans, 60 bulls, oxen, or steers, 50 barrels of beef, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 44 acres of corn, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of rye, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 acres of winter wheat, 20 acres of turnips, 18 acres of barley, 18 acres of buckwheat, 17 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,193 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,121 yards of flannel, 328 yards of fulled cloth, 72 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC205007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243118

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). "Eardley, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/eardley-qc039017-1861/.