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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3256534

Litchfield, Quebec (1851 census)

Litchfield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 756. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3256534. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.782°N, 76.598°W.

Population

In 1851, Litchfield had a population of 756: 420 male and 336 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851756
18611,044
18711,243
19011,814
19111,382
19211,236

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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, Litchfield shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 756 total population, 420 males, 336 females, 330 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 321, Female members of the family who are present: 314, 245 single females, 100 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, 85 married males, 83 married females, 37 males attending school, 35 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 14 female births, 12 male births, 8 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 69 single males aged 20 to 30, 63 females aged 5 to 10, 56 single males aged 15 to 20, 55 males aged 5 to 10, 51 single males aged 10 to 15, 46 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 married males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 females age 3 to 4, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 females under age 1, 13 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males under age 1, 12 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 males aged 3 to 4, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 305 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 242 persons originating in Ireland, 120 French Canadians, 61 persons originating in Scotland, 15 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 8,895 acres of land in farms, 7,396 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,600 pounds of homemade butter, 2,642 bushels of oats, 2,290 bushels of potatoes, 2,276 bushels of wheat, 1,499 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,136 acres of farmland under crops, 1,014 pounds of maple sugar, 418 pounds of wool produced on farms, 363 acres of farmland in pasture, 330 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 296 tons of hay, 254 bushels of peas, 160 sheep, 106 barrels of pork, 100 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of turnips, 87 bushels of barley, 85 swine, 70 bushels of rye, 69 occupants of farms, 68 milk cows, 64 calves and heifers, 63 bulls, oxen, or steers, 62 acres of peas, 60 horses, 51 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 barrels of beef, 25 bushels of carrots, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 172 yards of flannel, 30 yards of fulled cloth, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting,   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 reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   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,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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). "Litchfield, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/litchfield-qc067011-1851/.