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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  County: Mégantic

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

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)
VariableValue
C10 FAM NO131
Female members of the family who are absent8
Female members of the family who are present369
Females present who are not members of the family15
Male members of the family who are present379
Male members of the family who are present8
Males present who are not members of the family39
Number of blind males1
Number of deaf and dumb males1
Number of families131
Number of female births in the past year19
Number of females384
Number of females attending school18
Number of male births in the past year16
Number of males418
Number of males attending school19
Number of married females118
Number of married males118
Number of single females247
Number of single males289
Number of widowed females19
Number of widowed males11
POP802
POP FX N.1384
POP MX N.1418
POP XX N.1802
Total population802
Age structure (49 variables)
VariableValue
Number of females age 3 to 417
Number of females aged 1 to 218
Number of females aged 2 to 310
Number of females aged 4 to 514
Number of females aged 5 to 1059
Number of females of unknown age2
Number of females under age 116
Number of males aged 1 to 211
Number of males aged 2 to 38
Number of males aged 3 to 415
Number of males aged 4 to 510
Number of males aged 5 to 1061
Number of males of unknown age2
Number of males under age 115
Number of married females aged 15 to 207
Number of married females aged 20 to 3042
Number of married females aged 30 to 4023
Number of married females aged 40 to 5024
Number of married females aged 50 to 6017
Number of married females aged 60 to 703
Number of married females aged 70 to 802
Number of married males aged 15 to 201
Number of married males aged 20 to 3028
Number of married males aged 30 to 4029
Number of married males aged 40 to 5027
Number of married males aged 50 to 6019
Number of married males aged 60 to 7013
Number of married males aged 70 to 801
Number of single females aged 10 to 1550
Number of single females aged 15 to 2034
Number of single females aged 20 to 3028
Number of single females aged 30 to 401
Number of single males aged 10 to 1557
Number of single males aged 15 to 2044
Number of single males aged 20 to 3052
Number of single males aged 30 to 409
Number of single males aged 40 to 505
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 301
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 401
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 501
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 606
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 707
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 801
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 902
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 503
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 604
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 702
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 801
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 901
Ethnic origin (7 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians206
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin351
Number of persons originating in England or Wales33
Number of persons originating in Ireland170
Number of persons originating in Jersey or other British islands1
Number of persons originating in Scotland24
Number of persons originating in the United States17
Agriculture (68 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley34
Acres of buckwheat191
Acres of corn13
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards3
Acres of farmland in pasture1,524
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest6,006
Acres of farmland under crops2,569
Acres of farmland under cultivation4,096
Acres of land in farms11,600
Acres of oats260
Acres of peas47
Acres of potatoes113
Acres of rye49
Acres of turnips20
Acres of wheat96
BAR AC34
BAR BU397
Barrels of beef produced in the past year25
Barrels of pork produced in the past year167
BEEF BAR25
Bushels of barley produced in the past year397
Bushels of beans produced in the past year40
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year2,982
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year31
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year59
Bushels of oats produced in the past year5,374
Bushels of peas produced in the past year440
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year7,543
Bushels of rye produced in the past year532
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,359
Bushels of wheat produced in the past year969
BWT AC191
BWT BU2,982
CRN AC13
HAY TONS1,366
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers225
Number of calves and heifers169
Number of horses117
Number of milk cows285
Number of occupants of farms108
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres18
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres22
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres65
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres1
Number of sheep549
Number of swine270
OAT AC260
OAT BU5,374
PEA AC47
PEA BU440
PORK BAR167
POT AC113
POT BU7,543
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year570
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year312
Pounds of homemade butter14,723
Pounds of hops produced in the past year9
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year10,155
Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year23
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year1,425
RYE AC49
RYE BU532
TOB LBS23
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,366
WHT AC96
WHT BU969
WOOL LBS1,425
Manufacturing & industry (45 variables)
VariableValue
Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production 
Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production3,000
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 mills1
Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting1
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 mills3
Number of employees in tanneries 
Number of grist mills1
Number of grist mills not reporting1
Number of grist mills powered by steam 
Number of grist mills powered by water1
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 mills2
Number of saw mills not reporting 
Number of saw mills powered by steam 
Number of saw mills powered by water2
Number of saw mills reporting annual production 
Number of saw mills reporting daily production2
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 year758
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year851
Deaths & mortality (9 variables)
VariableValue
Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 151
Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 101
Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 701
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages6
Deaths in the past year among females under age 13
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 21
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages2
Deaths in the past year among males under age 11
Total number of deaths in the past year8
Other recorded variables (131 variables)
VariableValue
B LBS14,723
BEN BU40
BOV225
C H169
C LBS570
C01 GM NO MILLS1
C01 SEX MALE418
C02 SEX FEM384
C03 GM WATER1
C03 TOTAL802
C04 MEM OF FAM M379
C05 MEM OF FAM F369
C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M39
C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F15
C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M8
C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F8
C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID1
C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID2
C12 BIRTHS M16
C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M2
C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F2
C126 MD MALE118
C127 S MALE289
C128 WID MALE11
C129 TOT MALE418
C13 BIRTHS F19
C130 MD FEM118
C131 S FEM247
C132 WID FEM19
C133 TOT FEM384
C134 GRAND TOT802
C135 DEATHS M2
C136 DEATHS F6
C137 DEATHS TOT8
C14 UNDER 1 M15
C143 ATTND SCHOOL M19
C144 ATTND SCHOOL F18
C145 DEAF AND DUMB M1
C147 BLIND M1
C15 GM NO RETURNS1
C15 UNDER 1 F16
C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M1
C16 SM NO2
C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F3
C18 SM WATER2
C18 UNDER 2 M11
C19 UNDER 2 F18
C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M1
C21 SM NO DAY2
C22 SM FEET DAY3,000
C22 UNDER 3 M8
C23 UNDER 3 F10
C26 UNDER 4 M15
C27 UNDER 4 F17
C30 SM EMPLOYED3
C30 UNDER 5 M10
C31 UNDER 5 F14
C32 CFM NO1
C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M61
C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F59
C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F1
C38 CFM NO RETURN1
C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S57
C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S50
C43 BTWN 10 AND 15 F DEATHS1
C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD1
C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S44
C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD7
C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S34
C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD28
C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S52
C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD42
C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S28
C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID1
C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD29
C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S9
C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD23
C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S1
C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID1
C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD27
C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S5
C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID3
C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD24
C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID1
C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD19
C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID4
C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD17
C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID6
C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD13
C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID2
C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD3
C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID7
C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS1
C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD1
C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID1
C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD2
C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID1
CAR BU31
CD NAMEMégantic
CROP2,569
CULT4,096
ENG WLS33
FC YRDS851
FLAN YRDS758
FLX LBS312
FREN ORIG206
GARDEN3
GRA BU59
HELD11,600
HOP LBS9
HORSE117
IRE170
JE AND OTHR BI1
LINE NO1,201
M COWS285
MPLS LBS10,155
NOT FRN351
O 100 TO 20018
O 20 TO 5022
O 50 TO 10065
O OVR 2002
O UNDR 101
PASTURE1,524
SCOT24
SHEEP549
SWINE270
TOT O108
TUR AC20
TUR BU1,359
US17
WOOD7,504

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). "Ireland, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ireland-qc062007-1851/.