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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63243291

Hunterstown, Quebec (1851 census)

Hunterstown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 388. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.454°N, 73.121°W.

Population

In 1851, Hunterstown had a population of 388: 188 male and 200 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851388
1861711
18711,238
1881798
1891727
1901553
1911604
1921571

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, Hunterstown shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 388 total population, 200 females, 188 males, Female members of the family who are present: 152, Male members of the family who are present: 147, 126 single females, 119 single males, 70 married females, 69 families, 69 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 48, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, 37 females attending school, 27 males attending school, 11 female births, 10 male births, 4 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 31 males aged 5 to 10, 26 females aged 5 to 10, 25 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 17 single males aged 10 to 15, 16 females under age 1, 16 single females aged 10 to 15, 15 married males aged 40 to 50, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 males under age 1, 13 single females aged 15 to 20, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 15 to 20, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 females age 3 to 4, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 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 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 361 French Canadians, 12 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 9 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,158 acres of land in farms, 11,407 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,100 tons of hay, 3,515 bushels of oats, 3,214 pounds of maple sugar, 2,226 bushels of potatoes, 1,000 bushels of turnips, 862 bushels of wheat, 751 acres of farmland under cultivation, 497 acres of farmland under crops, 483 bushels of peas, 451 pounds of wool produced on farms, 400 pounds of homemade butter, 254 acres of farmland in pasture, 214 acres of oats, 152 sheep, 136 bushels of barley, 79 horses, 77 acres of wheat, 57 bushels of buckwheat, 52 milk cows, 45 bushels of rye, 43 swine, 34 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of peas, 27 calves and heifers, 26 occupants of farms, 25 pounds of flax or hemp, 16 acres of barley, 15 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 14 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 pounds of tobacco, 10 barrels of pork, 7 acres of rye, 6 acres of buckwheat, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $15,000 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $8,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 120 employees in saw mills, 63 yards of linen, 43 yards of fulled cloth, 16 yards of flannel, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   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,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 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). "Hunterstown, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hunterstown-qc073010-1851/.