Hope, Quebec (1851 census)
Hope was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,107. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28345583. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.136°N, 65.169°W.
Population
In 1851, Hope had a population of 1,107: 638 male and 469 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,107 |
| 1861 | 992 |
| 1871 | 1,459 |
| 1881 | 1,824 |
| 1901 | 2,411 |
| 1911 | 2,101 |
| 1921 | 1,170 |
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, Hope shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,107 total population, 638 males, Male members of the family who are present: 599, 469 females, 460 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 449, 301 single females, 166 married males, 158 married females, 140 families, 70 males attending school, 52 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 39, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, 16 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 15, 12 female births, 12 widowed males, 10 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 98 males aged 5 to 10, 70 females aged 5 to 10, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 69 single males aged 20 to 30, 65 single males aged 15 to 20, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 29 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 males under age 1, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 females under age 1, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 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 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 521 French Canadians, 490 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 42 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in France, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 8 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 15,340 pounds of maple sugar, 10,710 acres of land in farms, 10,292 bushels of potatoes, 9,310 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,082 bushels of oats, 5,595 pounds of homemade butter, 2,324 bushels of wheat, 1,400 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,222 bushels of barley, 1,060 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,004 bushels of turnips, 1,001 acres of farmland under crops, 507 sheep, 450 tons of hay, 399 acres of farmland in pasture, 297 swine, 291 acres of oats, 214 acres of wheat, 186 milk cows, 166 bulls, oxen, or steers, 129 calves and heifers, 125 barrels of pork, 123 occupants of farms, 97 acres of barley, 96 acres of potatoes, 93 horses, 58 barrels of beef, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 16 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of carrots, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 751 yards of flannel, 386 yards of fulled cloth, 6 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills returning capital, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, employees in woollen factories, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills 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 saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 1,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044006_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28345583
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). "Hope, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hope-qc051002-1851/.