Northfield, Quebec (1861 census)

Northfield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 206. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244342. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.084°N, 75.953°W.

Population

In 1861, Northfield had a population of 206.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1851 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Northfield shared boundaries with:

• Blake
• Bouchette
• Cameron
• Hincks
• Wabasse and Wright

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 206 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 118 French Canadians, 59 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 20 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $12,662 value farms (dollars), 5,910 acres of land in farms, 5,131 bushels of oats, 5,058 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,075 bushels of potatoes, $3,957 value all livestock, 2,436 bushels of turnips, $1,875 value horses aged over 3 years, $1,008 value farm implements in dollars, 852 acres of farmland under cultivation, 846 acres of farmland under crops, 550 pounds of homemade butter, 423 bushels of peas, 300 pounds of maple sugar, 243 acres of oats, 235 bushels of winter wheat, 193 tons of hay, 116 pounds of wool produced on farms, 110 bushels of spring wheat, 57 swine, 54 acres of potatoes, 46 bushels of barley, 44 sheep, 42 milk cows, 40 bulls, oxen, or steers, 39 horses aged over 3 years, 39 occupants of farms, 36 acres of peas, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 acres of winter wheat, 16 acres of turnips, 6 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 acres of spring wheat, 5 acres of barley, 4 calves and heifers, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 barrels of beef, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC039029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244342

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). "Northfield, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/northfield-qc039029-1861/.