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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Farnham, Quebec (1851 census)

Farnham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.269°N, 72.853°W.

Population

In 1851, Farnham had a population of 3,304: 1,750 male and 1,554 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Farnham shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 209 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,304 total population, 1,750 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,639, 1,554 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,501, 1,196 single males, 1,001 single females, 537 families, 531 married males, 519 married females, 342 males attending school, 335 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, 71 male births, 58 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, Male members of the family who are present: 52, Female members of the family who are absent: 46, 34 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 259 males aged 5 to 10, 255 females aged 5 to 10, 203 single males aged 15 to 20, 200 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 married females aged 20 to 30, 176 single males aged 10 to 15, 166 single males aged 20 to 30, 140 married females aged 30 to 40, 140 single females aged 15 to 20, 139 married males aged 30 to 40, 129 married males aged 20 to 30, 126 married males aged 40 to 50, 104 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 79 married males aged 50 to 60, 76 males under age 1, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 61 females under age 1, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 58 females age 3 to 4, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 females of unknown age, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,358 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,291 French Canadians, 293 persons originating in the United States, 234 persons originating in Ireland, 74 persons originating in Scotland, 53 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 68,180 pounds of homemade butter, 51,104 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 40,648 acres of land in farms, 28,643 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,191 pounds of maple sugar, 20,656 bushels of oats, 12,005 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,970 bushels of potatoes, 10,174 bushels of corn, 7,279 bushels of wheat, 7,115 acres of farmland under crops, 7,092 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,835 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,580 tons of hay, 4,174 bushels of turnips, 2,781 sheep, 2,620 bushels of buckwheat, 1,704 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,490 bushels of peas, 1,361 milk cows, 1,323 pounds of hops, 1,069 acres of oats, 979 calves and heifers, 762 acres of wheat, 752 bulls, oxen, or steers, 681 swine, 677 horses, 645 bushels of beans, 544 gallons of cider, 532 bushels of carrots, 522 pounds of tobacco, 469 occupants of farms, 404 acres of corn, 368 barrels of pork, 226 acres of potatoes, 212 acres of buckwheat, 174 acres of peas, 165 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 158 barrels of beef, 157 bushels of barley, 152 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 139 bushels of rye, 132 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 93 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 76 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 55 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 acres of rye, 7 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $6,927 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 5,197 yards of flannel, 3,371 yards of fulled cloth, $2,850 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $735 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 700 woollen factories returning capital, 557 yards of linen, 375 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $375 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 225 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 72 employees in saw mills, 25 saw mills, 25 saw mills powered by water, 25 saw mills returning capital, 12 saw mills reporting annual production, 11 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 6 grist mills, 6 grist mills powered by water, 6 grist mills returning capital, 5 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in grist mills,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 5,866,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,200 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $250 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 4 to 5: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

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). "Farnham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/farnham-qc075007-1851/.