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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3113418

Granby, Quebec (1851 census)

Granby was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,392. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3113418. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.382°N, 72.753°W.

Population

In 1851, Granby had a population of 2,392: 1,221 male and 1,171 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, Granby shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,392 total population, 1,221 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,190, 1,171 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,156, 814 single males, 746 single females, 403 families, 388 married males, 385 married females, 343 males attending school, 328 females attending school, 40 widowed females, 39 male births, 32 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 19 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 176 males aged 5 to 10, 159 females aged 5 to 10, 157 single females aged 10 to 15, 156 single males aged 10 to 15, 145 single males aged 15 to 20, 125 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 40 to 50, 91 single males aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 66 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 males aged 1 to 2, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females age 3 to 4, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 males under age 1, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 females under age 1, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 991 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 737 French Canadians, 303 persons originating in Ireland, 189 persons originating in the United States, 101 persons originating in Scotland, 71 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 66,860 pounds of homemade butter, 27,081 acres of land in farms, 17,789 pounds of maple sugar, 17,641 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,170 bushels of oats, 11,185 bushels of potatoes, 9,440 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,807 bushels of corn, 6,631 acres of farmland under crops, 4,697 bushels of wheat, 4,664 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,770 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,436 bushels of turnips, 1,915 sheep, 1,781 bushels of buckwheat, 1,684 tons of hay, 1,341 bushels of carrots, 1,215 bushels of peas, 960 milk cows, 792 calves and heifers, 789 barrels of pork, 623 bulls, oxen, or steers, 533 bushels of beans, 504 acres of oats, 457 swine, 443 horses, 424 acres of wheat, 335 occupants of farms, 328 acres of corn, 214 acres of potatoes, 201 bushels of rye, 139 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 110 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 98 acres of buckwheat, 70 acres of peas, 69 barrels of beef, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 acres of rye, 20 acres of turnips, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of barley, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $3,950 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,184 yards of flannel, 1,034 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $975 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $550 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 300 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $60 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 13 employees in saw mills, 7 employees in carding and fulling mills, 7 employees in grist mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 saw mills not reporting, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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). "Granby, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/granby-qc075004-1851/.