Hatley, Quebec (1851 census)
Hatley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,014. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3128315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.229°N, 72.006°W.
Population
In 1851, Hatley had a population of 2,014: 1,033 male and 981 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Hatley shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 198 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,014 total population, 1,033 males, 981 females, Male members of the family who are present: 917, Female members of the family who are present: 860, 666 single males, 599 single females, 351 families, 348 married males, 340 married females, 318 males attending school, 265 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 121, Males present who are not members of the family: 116, Male members of the family who are present: 56, 42 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 28, 22 female births, 21 male births, 19 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 151 single males aged 10 to 15, 132 males aged 5 to 10, 125 single females aged 10 to 15, 123 females aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 116 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married males aged 30 to 40, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 28 females under age 1, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 26 males under age 1, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 males of unknown age, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,323 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 342 persons originating in the United States, 217 French Canadians, 94 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 52,065 pounds of homemade butter, 50,371 pounds of maple sugar, 30,990 acres of land in farms, 17,781 bushels of oats, 16,734 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,920 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,256 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,648 bushels of potatoes, 8,881 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,515 bushels of wheat, 7,955 acres of farmland under crops, 6,150 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,316 bushels of buckwheat, 5,124 tons of hay, 3,391 bushels of corn, 3,262 sheep, 2,300 pounds of hops, 1,363 bushels of peas, 1,361 pounds of tobacco, 1,353 bushels of turnips, 1,020 bulls, oxen, or steers, 837 barrels of beef, 834 milk cows, 803 gallons of cider, 775 calves and heifers, 726 bushels of barley, 724 acres of wheat, 661 acres of oats, 583 horses, 534 barrels of pork, 470 bushels of rye, 415 pounds of flax or hemp, 367 bushels of beans, 316 acres of buckwheat, 302 swine, 289 occupants of farms, 250 bushels of carrots, 193 acres of potatoes, 180 acres of corn, 180 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 151 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 108 acres of peas, 91 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 40 acres of rye, 35 acres of barley, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,629 yards of flannel, $1,629 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,173 yards of fulled cloth, $775 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 750 tanneries returning capital, 281 yards of linen, $175 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 employees in saw mills, 9 saw mills, 9 saw mills powered by water, 8 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in tanneries, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, 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 woollen factories, foundries, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills powered by steam, tanneries not reporting, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 925,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $1,200 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 250 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 43 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories 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 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| J.D. (James David) Edgar | 1841–1899 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC077003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3128315
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatley,_Quebec_(historic_township)
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatley_(canton)
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). "Hatley, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hatley-qc077003-1851/.