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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3153881

Inverness, Quebec (1851 census)

Inverness was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,951. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3153881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.251°N, 71.521°W.

Population

In 1851, Inverness had a population of 1,951: 977 male and 974 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,951
18612,481
18712,741

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, Inverness shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,951 total population, 977 males, 974 females, Female members of the family who are present: 925, Male members of the family who are present: 918, 672 single males, 670 single females, 311 families, 282 married males, 277 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 41 females attending school, 41 males attending school, 37 female births, 32 male births, 27 widowed females, 23 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 11, Female members of the family who are absent: 7. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 169 females aged 5 to 10, 147 males aged 5 to 10, 138 single males aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 single males aged 15 to 20, 90 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 35 females under age 1, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 males under age 1, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 924 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 478 persons originating in Ireland, 266 persons originating in Scotland, 196 French Canadians, 70 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 47,930 pounds of homemade butter, 38,084 bushels of potatoes, 36,223 acres of land in farms, 27,104 bushels of oats, 23,936 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,445 pounds of maple sugar, 13,659 bushels of turnips, 12,287 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,235 acres of farmland under crops, 5,052 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,998 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,760 bushels of wheat, 3,566 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,562 tons of hay, 1,988 bushels of rye, 1,939 sheep, 1,848 bushels of barley, 1,417 bushels of peas, 1,338 bushels of buckwheat, 920 swine, 916 milk cows, 912 acres of oats, 853 acres of buckwheat, 690 calves and heifers, 649 barrels of pork, 608 bulls, oxen, or steers, 481 acres of potatoes, 426 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 387 acres of wheat, 297 occupants of farms, 284 horses, 284 pounds of flax or hemp, 203 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 140 acres of barley, 137 acres of rye, 127 acres of peas, 108 barrels of beef, 104 bushels of carrots, 92 acres of turnips, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 bushels of corn, 21 bushels of beans, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 pounds of hops, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,195 yards of fulled cloth, 1,039 yards of flannel, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 27 yards of linen, 7 employees in saw mills, 5 employees in grist mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills not reporting, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production,   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,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 3,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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). "Inverness, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/inverness-qc062002-1851/.