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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Melbourne & Gore of Brompton, Quebec (1851 census)

Melbourne & Gore of Brompton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,016. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.566°N, 72.181°W.

Population

In 1851, Melbourne & Gore of Brompton had a population of 2,016: 1,054 male and 962 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, Melbourne & Gore of Brompton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,016 total population, 1,054 males, 962 females, Male members of the family who are present: 921, Female members of the family who are present: 868, 720 single males, 617 single females, 344 families, 307 married females, 307 married males, 226 males attending school, 190 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 133, Females present who are not members of the family: 94, 38 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 26 male births, 25 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 3, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 168 males aged 5 to 10, 142 females aged 5 to 10, 137 single males aged 10 to 15, 119 single males aged 20 to 30, 111 single females aged 10 to 15, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 92 single males aged 15 to 20, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 86 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 31 females age 3 to 4, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males under age 1, 27 females under age 1, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 972 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 437 persons originating in Ireland, 243 persons originating in Scotland, 137 persons originating in the United States, 133 persons originating in England or Wales, 94 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 67,560 pounds of homemade butter, 31,155 pounds of maple sugar, 22,327 acres of land in farms, 21,152 bushels of oats, 12,942 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,165 bushels of potatoes, 9,385 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,917 bushels of turnips, 5,468 acres of farmland under crops, 5,442 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,204 bushels of wheat, 3,855 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,508 tons of hay, 3,465 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,140 bushels of buckwheat, 2,232 sheep, 978 acres of oats, 868 milk cows, 836 bushels of corn, 808 calves and heifers, 583 bushels of barley, 402 horses, 394 bushels of peas, 358 bulls, oxen, or steers, 348 acres of wheat, 294 swine, 252 occupants of farms, 177 bushels of rye, 165 barrels of beef, 153 acres of potatoes, 137 acres of buckwheat, 116 bushels of beans, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 73 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 72 barrels of pork, 62 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 acres of corn, 44 bushels of carrots, 41 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of peas, 34 acres of barley, 32 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 acres of rye, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,890 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 498 yards of fulled cloth, $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 11 yards of linen, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 2,250 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.   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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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). "Melbourne & Gore of Brompton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/melbourne-gore-of-brompton-qc076013-1851/.