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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Hemmingford, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Hemmingford, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.049°N, 73.672°W.

Population

In 1851, Hemmingford, Township had a population of 4,025: 2,202 male and 1,823 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, Hemmingford, Township 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 4,025 total population, 2,202 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,870, 1,823 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,659, 1,556 single males, 1,265 single females, 633 families, 592 married males, 512 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 332, 235 males attending school, 226 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 164, 84 male births, 64 female births, 54 widowed males, 46 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 35, Female members of the family who are absent: 32, 2 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 381 females aged 5 to 10, 319 males aged 5 to 10, 269 single males aged 10 to 15, 259 single females aged 10 to 15, 240 single males aged 15 to 20, 195 single males aged 20 to 30, 188 married males aged 30 to 40, 157 married females aged 30 to 40, 156 single females aged 15 to 20, 120 married males aged 40 to 50, 113 married males aged 20 to 30, 104 married females aged 40 to 50, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 50 to 60, 86 males under age 1, 78 males aged 1 to 2, 78 males aged 2 to 3, 77 females aged 2 to 3, 77 males aged 3 to 4, 77 males aged 4 to 5, 77 married females aged 50 to 60, 73 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 females under age 1, 67 females aged 1 to 2, 66 females aged 4 to 5, 62 females age 3 to 4, 61 single males aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 60 to 70, 33 single males aged 40 to 50, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 single males aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,952 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,207 persons originating in Ireland, 529 French Canadians, 162 persons originating in the United States, 156 persons originating in Scotland, 19 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 124,320 pounds of homemade butter, 43,160 acres of land in farms, 27,653 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 26,481 bushels of oats, 22,133 bushels of potatoes, 15,507 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,592 acres of farmland under crops, 8,244 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,679 bushels of corn, 6,812 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,324 tons of hay, 4,023 bushels of buckwheat, 3,998 pounds of maple sugar, 2,942 sheep, 2,274 bushels of turnips, 2,270 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,848 bushels of carrots, 1,646 milk cows, 1,312 calves and heifers, 1,247 acres of oats, 1,047 bushels of peas, 1,017 horses, 934 swine, 821 barrels of pork, 587 acres of wheat, 580 bushels of wheat, 496 bulls, oxen, or steers, 494 occupants of farms, 405 gallons of cider, 398 acres of potatoes, 364 acres of corn, 265 acres of buckwheat, 257 bushels of rye, 246 barrels of beef, 216 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 176 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 135 bushels of beans, 123 bushels of barley, 103 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 85 acres of peas, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 pounds of flax or hemp, 49 pounds of tobacco, 39 pounds of hops, 32 acres of turnips, 22 acres of rye, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 50,000 saw mill plants, 3,642 yards of flannel, 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,921 yards of fulled cloth, $1,550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 900 tanneries returning capital, 50 yards of linen, 25 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills not reporting, 6 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in tanneries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 tanneries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills powered by steam,   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 mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   woollen factories,   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. $3,000 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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. $  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 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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). "Hemmingford, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hemmingford-township-qc048012-1851/.