Lambton, VL, Quebec (1851 census)
Lambton, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 558. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3216692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.885°N, 71.090°W.
Population
In 1851, Lambton, VL had a population of 558: 302 male and 256 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 558 |
| 1861 | 880 |
| 1871 | 1,525 |
| 1881 | 1,624 |
| 1921 | 576 |
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, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 558 total population, 302 males, Male members of the family who are present: 290, 256 females, Female members of the family who are present: 251, 216 single males, 174 single females, 89 families, 82 married males, 80 married females, 53 males attending school, 34 females attending school, 21 male births, 19 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 4 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 54 males aged 5 to 10, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 39 females aged 5 to 10, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 married females aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 females under age 1, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 males under age 1, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 558 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 23,096 pounds of maple sugar, 7,537 bushels of potatoes, 5,482 acres of land in farms, 3,445 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,629 bushels of oats, 2,364 pounds of homemade butter, 2,037 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,003 bushels of rye, 1,538 acres of farmland under crops, 1,449 bushels of barley, 667 pounds of wool produced on farms, 612 bushels of wheat, 499 acres of farmland in pasture, 481 bushels of peas, 400 pounds of flax or hemp, 341 bushels of turnips, 306 sheep, 296 tons of hay, 294 acres of rye, 242 bushels of buckwheat, 229 acres of oats, 221 pounds of tobacco, 196 swine, 123 milk cows, 118 barrels of pork, 112 acres of barley, 95 acres of potatoes, 80 occupants of farms, 77 acres of peas, 69 horses, 66 acres of wheat, 57 calves and heifers, 56 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 bulls, oxen, or steers, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 acres of buckwheat, 21 barrels of beef, 15 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 871 yards of flannel, 499 yards of linen, 401 yards of fulled cloth, $48 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $30 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 7 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 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, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in grist mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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 capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 680 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, 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 unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Aylen | 1799–1868 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC055023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3216692
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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, VL, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lambton-vl-qc062012-1851/.