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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63244235

Magog, Quebec (1851 census)

Magog was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 754. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244235. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.236°N, 72.158°W.

Population

In 1851, Magog had a population of 754: 383 male and 371 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Magog shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 754 total population, 383 males, 371 females, Male members of the family who are present: 351, Female members of the family who are present: 339, 249 single males, 223 single females, 132 families, 127 married females, 127 married males, 116 males attending school, 77 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 32, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, Male members of the family who are present: 21, 21 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 11 male births, 10 female births, 7 widowed males, 6 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 56 females aged 5 to 10, 52 males aged 5 to 10, 44 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females under age 1, 12 males under age 1, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 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 507 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 122 persons originating in the United States, 57 French Canadians, 47 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 19,206 pounds of homemade butter, 18,097 pounds of maple sugar, 14,869 acres of land in farms, 9,730 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,632 bushels of potatoes, 5,139 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,156 bushels of oats, 3,064 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,063 acres of farmland under crops, 2,680 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,194 bushels of wheat, 2,043 tons of hay, 2,024 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,779 bushels of corn, 1,255 bushels of buckwheat, 1,110 sheep, 645 pounds of flax or hemp, 616 gallons of cider, 585 bushels of turnips, 358 calves and heifers, 343 milk cows, 284 barrels of beef, 203 bushels of beans, 190 barrels of pork, 188 acres of wheat, 182 acres of oats, 171 horses, 145 bushels of peas, 128 swine, 121 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 111 occupants of farms, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 87 bushels of barley, 73 acres of potatoes, 66 bushels of carrots, 63 acres of corn, 61 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 acres of buckwheat, 39 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of peas, 7 acres of barley, 7 bushels of rye, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, . 365 bulls, oxen, or steers. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 14,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 10,307 yards of fulled cloth, 6,142 yards of flannel, 1,750 woollen factories returning capital, $475 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $475 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $375 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 15 employees in woollen factories, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting, 0.12 yards of linen,   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 tanneries,   foundries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 330,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 1,700 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly 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 22 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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). "Magog, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/magog-qc077006-1851/.