Lambton, Quebec (1851 census)
Lambton was a township in Mégantic County, Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 558. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.885°N, 71.090°W.
Population
In 1851, Lambton had a population of 558: 302 male and 256 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 558 |
| 1861 | 880 |
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, Lambton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 307 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 89 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 6 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 251 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 5 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 290 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 5 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 12 |
| Number of families | 89 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 19 |
| Number of females | 256 |
| Number of females attending school | 34 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 21 |
| Number of males | 302 |
| Number of males attending school | 53 |
| Number of married females | 80 |
| Number of married males | 82 |
| Number of single females | 174 |
| Number of single males | 216 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| POP | 558 |
| POP FX N.1 | 256 |
| POP MX N.1 | 302 |
| POP XX N.1 | 558 |
| Total population | 558 |
Age structure (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 7 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 7 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 12 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 8 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 39 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 19 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 12 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 11 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 11 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 14 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 54 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 15 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 6 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 26 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 23 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 14 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 9 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 23 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 28 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 13 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 12 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 32 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 29 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 17 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 40 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 31 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 22 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 558 |
Agriculture (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 112 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 25 |
| Acres of corn | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 499 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,445 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,538 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 2,037 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,482 |
| Acres of oats | 229 |
| Acres of peas | 77 |
| Acres of potatoes | 95 |
| Acres of rye | 294 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 66 |
| BAR AC | 112 |
| BAR BU | 1,449 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 21 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 118 |
| BEEF BAR | 21 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,449 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 242 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 34 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,629 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 481 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,537 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,003 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 341 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 612 |
| BWT AC | 25 |
| BWT BU | 242 |
| CRN AC | 1 |
| HAY TONS | 296 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 46 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 57 |
| Number of horses | 69 |
| Number of milk cows | 123 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 80 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 56 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 306 |
| Number of swine | 196 |
| OAT AC | 229 |
| OAT BU | 2,629 |
| PEA AC | 77 |
| PEA BU | 481 |
| PORK BAR | 118 |
| POT AC | 95 |
| POT BU | 7,537 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 400 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,364 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 23,096 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 221 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 667 |
| RYE AC | 294 |
| RYE BU | 2,003 |
| TOB LBS | 221 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 296 |
| WHT AC | 66 |
| WHT BU | 612 |
| WOOL LBS | 667 |
Manufacturing & industry (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 680 |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Gallons of liquor produced in distilleries in the past year | |
| Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of distilleries | |
| Number of distilleries reporting | |
| Number of distilleries returning capital | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in distilleries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 7 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of employees in woollen factories | |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 1 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 5 |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | 3 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| 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 not reporting | |
| 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) | 48 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 30 |
| Value of cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 871 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 401 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 499 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Deaths & mortality (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 4 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 7 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 6 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 11 |
Other recorded variables (113 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 2,364 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BOV | 46 |
| C F BAR | 1 |
| C H | 57 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 302 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 256 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 558 |
| C04 GM NO YEAR | 1 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 290 |
| C05 GM BARRELS YEAR | 680 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 251 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 12 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 5 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 5 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 6 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 21 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 82 |
| C127 S MALE | 216 |
| C128 WID MALE | 4 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 302 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 19 |
| C130 MD FEM | 80 |
| C131 S FEM | 174 |
| C132 WID FEM | 2 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 256 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 558 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 7 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 4 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 11 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 15 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 53 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 34 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 19 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 6 |
| C16 SM NO | 5 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 2 |
| C18 SM WATER | 5 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 12 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 7 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 11 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 12 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 1 |
| C26 SM ANNUAL NO | 3 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 11 |
| C27 SM ANNUAL P | 48 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 7 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 30 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 7 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 14 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 2 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 8 |
| C33 DEATHS UNDER 5 F | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 54 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 39 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 40 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 32 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 31 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 6 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 29 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 23 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 22 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 26 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 17 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 28 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 23 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 3 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 13 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 1 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 14 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 12 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 1 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 9 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 1 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 5 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 2 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 2 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 1 |
| CAR BU | 1 |
| CD NAME | Mégantic |
| CROP | 1,538 |
| CULT | 2,037 |
| FC YRDS | 401 |
| FLAN YRDS | 871 |
| FLX LBS | 400 |
| FREN ORIG | 558 |
| GRA BU | 34 |
| HELD | 5,482 |
| HORSE | 69 |
| LIN YRDS | 499 |
| LINE NO | 1,203 |
| M COWS | 123 |
| MPLS LBS | 23,096 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 8 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 56 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 15 |
| O OVR 200 | 1 |
| PASTURE | 499 |
| SHEEP | 306 |
| SWINE | 196 |
| TOT O | 80 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 341 |
| WOOD | 3,445 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC005007— 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). "Lambton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lambton-qc062012-1851/.