Eardley, Quebec (1851 census)
Eardley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 688. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243118. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.544°N, 75.998°W.
Population
In 1851, Eardley had a population of 688: 416 male and 272 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 688 |
| 1861 | 1,005 |
| 1871 | 1,120 |
| 1881 | 1,475 |
| 1891 | 1,530 |
| 1901 | 1,477 |
| 1911 | 1,197 |
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, Eardley shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 688 total population, 416 males, Male members of the family who are present: 400, 310 single males, 272 females, Female members of the family who are present: 266, 181 single females, 106 married males, 90 married females, 88 families, 30 males attending school, 21 females attending school, 19 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 15 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 57 males aged 5 to 10, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 5 to 10, 34 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 single females aged 15 to 20, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 females under age 1, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 15 males under age 1, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 283 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 184 French Canadians, 182 persons originating in Ireland, 16 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,023 acres of land in farms, 8,271 bushels of potatoes, 7,434 bushels of oats, 7,321 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,891 bushels of wheat, 1,702 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,292 acres of farmland under crops, 1,260 pounds of homemade butter, 1,077 bushels of corn, 860 pounds of maple sugar, 814 pounds of wool produced on farms, 637 bushels of peas, 540 bushels of turnips, 406 acres of farmland in pasture, 389 tons of hay, 282 acres of wheat, 240 acres of oats, 94 acres of potatoes, 88 bushels of buckwheat, 82 occupants of farms, 58 acres of peas, 55 sheep, 51 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 acres of corn, 39 swine, 32 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of barley, 21 milk cows, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 barrels of pork, 16 calves and heifers, 14 horses, 12 bulls, oxen, or steers, 10 acres of buckwheat, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of turnips, 7 bushels of rye, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of carrots, 2 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 449 yards of flannel, $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 134 yards of fulled cloth, 3 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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 reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in grist mills, 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 powered by steam, 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, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, 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), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC067009— 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 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). "Eardley, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/eardley-qc067009-1851/.