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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Newport No. 1 & Newport No. 2, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Newport No. 1 & Newport No. 2, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.366°N, 64.750°W.

Population

In 1851, Newport No. 1 & Newport No. 2, Township had a population of 1,025: 532 male and 493 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, Newport No. 1 & Newport No. 2, Township shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,025 total population, 532 males, 493 females, Female members of the family who are present: 474, Male members of the family who are present: 473, 365 single males, 326 single females, 164 families, 157 married males, 152 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 24 male births, 23 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, 15 widowed females, 10 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 69 females aged 5 to 10, 68 males aged 5 to 10, 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 66 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 single males aged 15 to 20, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 39 married females aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 females under age 1, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 26 males under age 1, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 females age 3 to 4, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 females of unknown age, 10 males of unknown age, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 640 French Canadians, 291 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 40 persons originating in Ireland, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 15 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 Indigenous males, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 6 Indigenous females, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland, 1 persons originating in Guernsey, 7 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,966 bushels of potatoes, 3,061 acres of land in farms, 2,310 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,568 pounds of homemade butter, 751 acres of farmland under cultivation, 454 acres of farmland in pasture, 381 bushels of oats, 352 pounds of wool produced on farms, 297 acres of farmland under crops, 284 tons of hay, 231 swine, 209 sheep, 191 bushels of turnips, 171 bushels of barley, 139 occupants of farms, 94 acres of potatoes, 90 acres of oats, 83 barrels of pork, 80 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 70 milk cows, 65 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 calves and heifers, 41 bushels of wheat, 37 horses, 36 acres of barley, 32 acres of wheat, 30 barrels of beef, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of peas, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 saw mill plants, $6,600 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 202 yards of fulled cloth, 10 yards of flannel, 6 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   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 mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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. $  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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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). "Newport No. 1 & Newport No. 2, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-no-1-newport-no-2-township-qc056001-1851/.