Newport and Auckland, Quebec (1861 census)

Newport and Auckland was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.350°N, 71.295°W.

Population

In 1861, Newport and Auckland had a population of 403.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Newport, 1851 (26.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Auckland, 1851 (18.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Auckland, 1871 (18.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton, 1871 (81.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Newport and Auckland shared boundaries with:

• Bury
• Clifton
• Eaton
• Hampden
• Hereford
• Marston
• NO DATA
• Westbury

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 403 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 296 French Canadians, 46 persons originating in England or Wales, 40 persons originating in the United States, 17 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $70,240 value farms (dollars), 29,802 pounds of maple sugar, $23,508 value all livestock, 14,257 bushels of oats, 13,258 pounds of homemade butter, 9,045 acres of land in farms, 6,501 bushels of potatoes, $5,972 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,960 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $5,568 value farm implements in dollars, 5,209 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,836 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,297 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,256 acres of farmland under crops, 1,923 bushels of spring wheat, 1,770 bushels of barley, 1,635 bushels of buckwheat, 1,556 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,268 bushels of turnips, 911 tons of hay, 615 sheep, $442 value garden and orchard crops, 438 acres of oats, 355 calves and heifers, 215 bushels of peas, 199 bushels of rye, 195 milk cows, 176 horses aged over 3 years, 117 acres of spring wheat, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 106 barrels of pork, 78 acres of barley, 77 swine, 75 bushels of corn, 74 occupants of farms, 60 pounds of flax or hemp, 57 acres of buckwheat, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 barrels of beef, 48 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 acres of potatoes, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 21 bushels of beans, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 acres of rye, 11 pounds of hops, 7 acres of turnips, 6 acres of peas, 6 bushels of winter wheat, 3 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,986 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,836 yards of flannel, 501 yards of fulled cloth, 101 carriages for pleasure, 79 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC016009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC016009 — 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 1861 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). "Newport and Auckland, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-and-auckland-qc016009-1861/.