Ireland, Quebec (1851 census)
Ireland was a township in Mégantic County, Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 802. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.086°N, 71.438°W.
Population
In 1851, Ireland had a population of 802: 418 male and 384 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
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Ireland, 1861 (67.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Ireland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 336 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 131 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 8 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 369 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 15 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 379 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 8 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 39 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 131 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 19 |
| Number of females | 384 |
| Number of females attending school | 18 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 16 |
| Number of males | 418 |
| Number of males attending school | 19 |
| Number of married females | 118 |
| Number of married males | 118 |
| Number of single females | 247 |
| Number of single males | 289 |
| Number of widowed females | 19 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| POP | 802 |
| POP FX N.1 | 384 |
| POP MX N.1 | 418 |
| POP XX N.1 | 802 |
| Total population | 802 |
Age structure (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 17 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 18 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 10 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 14 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 59 |
| Number of females of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 16 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 11 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 8 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 15 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 10 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 61 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 15 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 7 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 42 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 23 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 24 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 28 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 29 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 27 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 19 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 13 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 50 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 34 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 28 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 57 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 44 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 52 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 9 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 206 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 351 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 33 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 170 |
| Number of persons originating in Jersey or other British islands | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 24 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 17 |
Agriculture (68 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 34 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 191 |
| Acres of corn | 13 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,524 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 6,006 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,569 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 4,096 |
| Acres of land in farms | 11,600 |
| Acres of oats | 260 |
| Acres of peas | 47 |
| Acres of potatoes | 113 |
| Acres of rye | 49 |
| Acres of turnips | 20 |
| Acres of wheat | 96 |
| BAR AC | 34 |
| BAR BU | 397 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 167 |
| BEEF BAR | 25 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 397 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,982 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 59 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,374 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 440 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,543 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 532 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,359 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 969 |
| BWT AC | 191 |
| BWT BU | 2,982 |
| CRN AC | 13 |
| HAY TONS | 1,366 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 225 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 169 |
| Number of horses | 117 |
| Number of milk cows | 285 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 108 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 18 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 65 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 549 |
| Number of swine | 270 |
| OAT AC | 260 |
| OAT BU | 5,374 |
| PEA AC | 47 |
| PEA BU | 440 |
| PORK BAR | 167 |
| POT AC | 113 |
| POT BU | 7,543 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 570 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 312 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 14,723 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 9 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 10,155 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 23 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,425 |
| RYE AC | 49 |
| RYE BU | 532 |
| TOB LBS | 23 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,366 |
| WHT AC | 96 |
| WHT BU | 969 |
| WOOL LBS | 1,425 |
Manufacturing & industry (45 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | 3,000 |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 3 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | 2 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 2 |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | 2 |
| Number of saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Number of woollen factories reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 758 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 851 |
Deaths & mortality (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 6 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 8 |
Other recorded variables (131 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 14,723 |
| BEN BU | 40 |
| BOV | 225 |
| C H | 169 |
| C LBS | 570 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 418 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 384 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 802 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 379 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 369 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 39 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 15 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 8 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 8 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 2 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 16 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 118 |
| C127 S MALE | 289 |
| C128 WID MALE | 11 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 418 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 19 |
| C130 MD FEM | 118 |
| C131 S FEM | 247 |
| C132 WID FEM | 19 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 384 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 802 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 2 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 6 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 8 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 15 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 19 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 18 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C15 GM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 16 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C16 SM NO | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 3 |
| C18 SM WATER | 2 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 11 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 18 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C21 SM NO DAY | 2 |
| C22 SM FEET DAY | 3,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 8 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 10 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 15 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 17 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 3 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 10 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 14 |
| C32 CFM NO | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 61 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 59 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C38 CFM NO RETURN | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 57 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 50 |
| C43 BTWN 10 AND 15 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 44 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 7 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 34 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 28 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 52 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 42 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 28 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 29 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 9 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 23 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 1 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 27 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 5 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 3 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 24 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 19 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 17 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 6 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 13 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 2 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 3 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 7 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 1 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 1 |
| CAR BU | 31 |
| CD NAME | Mégantic |
| CROP | 2,569 |
| CULT | 4,096 |
| ENG WLS | 33 |
| FC YRDS | 851 |
| FLAN YRDS | 758 |
| FLX LBS | 312 |
| FREN ORIG | 206 |
| GARDEN | 3 |
| GRA BU | 59 |
| HELD | 11,600 |
| HOP LBS | 9 |
| HORSE | 117 |
| IRE | 170 |
| JE AND OTHR BI | 1 |
| LINE NO | 1,201 |
| M COWS | 285 |
| MPLS LBS | 10,155 |
| NOT FRN | 351 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 18 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 22 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 65 |
| O OVR 200 | 2 |
| O UNDR 10 | 1 |
| PASTURE | 1,524 |
| SCOT | 24 |
| SHEEP | 549 |
| SWINE | 270 |
| TOT O | 108 |
| TUR AC | 20 |
| TUR BU | 1,359 |
| US | 17 |
| WOOD | 7,504 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC062007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Ireland, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ireland-qc062007-1851/.