Forsyth, Quebec (1851 census)
Forsyth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 390. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.931°N, 70.966°W.
Population
In 1851, Forsyth had a population of 390: 196 male and 194 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 390 |
| 1861 | 677 |
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, Forsyth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 390 total population, 196 males, 194 females, Female members of the family who are present: 189, Male members of the family who are present: 182, 119 single males, 116 single females, 77 families, 77 married females, 77 married males, 22 females attending school, 17 female births, 16 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 14, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 9 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 33 females aged 5 to 10, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 single males aged 10 to 15, 19 males aged 5 to 10, 19 single females aged 10 to 15, 19 single males aged 15 to 20, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 17 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 married females aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 30 to 40, 13 females under age 1, 12 single males aged 20 to 30, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 single females aged 15 to 20, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males under age 1, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married 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 390 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 21,486 pounds of maple sugar, 4,141 acres of land in farms, 2,873 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,779 bushels of potatoes, 1,513 bushels of rye, 1,299 bushels of oats, 1,296 pounds of homemade butter, 1,268 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,051 bushels of barley, 763 acres of farmland in pasture, 505 acres of farmland under crops, 422 bushels of wheat, 311 pounds of wool produced on farms, 198 sheep, 185 bushels of peas, 143 pounds of flax or hemp, 138 acres of oats, 133 acres of rye, 129 tons of hay, 105 swine, 100 bushels of turnips, 94 pounds of tobacco, 90 acres of barley, 83 milk cows, 67 occupants of farms, 59 barrels of pork, 51 horses, 51 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 49 calves and heifers, 48 acres of wheat, 42 acres of potatoes, 28 acres of peas, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 barrels of beef. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 359 yards of fulled cloth, 305 yards of linen, 196 yards of flannel, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 160, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 2 saw mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, 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 grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, 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, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries 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 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC005004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Forsyth, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/forsyth-qc062011-1851/.