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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford, Quebec (1851 census)

Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,022. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.382°N, 72.100°W.

Population

In 1851, Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford had a population of 1,022: 526 male and 496 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, Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,022 total population, 526 males, 496 females, Female members of the family who are present: 475, Male members of the family who are present: 470, 350 single males, 337 single females, 158 married males, 156 families, 146 married females, 63 females attending school, 60 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, 18 widowed males, 17 female births, 16 male births, 13 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 10, Female members of the family who are absent: 9. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 75 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 females aged 5 to 10, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 single females aged 10 to 15, 59 single females aged 15 to 20, 55 married males aged 30 to 40, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 males aged 5 to 10, 52 married females aged 20 to 30, 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 41 married females aged 30 to 40, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females under age 1, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 19 males under age 1, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 433 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 241 French Canadians, 140 persons originating in Ireland, 75 persons originating in England or Wales, 68 persons originating in the United States, 65 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 8,700 pounds of homemade butter, 5,585 acres of land in farms, 4,950 pounds of maple sugar, 3,173 bushels of oats, 2,963 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,622 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,750 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,551 bushels of potatoes, 1,348 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,245 acres of farmland under crops, 1,238 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,088 bushels of buckwheat, 1,041 tons of hay, 772 bushels of turnips, 557 barrels of beef, 542 bushels of corn, 517 bushels of wheat, 350 horses, 307 sheep, 276 bushels of barley, 246 milk cows, 173 acres of oats, 117 bulls, oxen, or steers, 110 barrels of pork, 106 bushels of peas, 104 calves and heifers, 95 swine, 52 acres of buckwheat, 45 occupants of farms, 43 acres of wheat, 38 acres of potatoes, 33 bushels of beans, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 bushels of rye, 23 acres of corn, 22 bushels of carrots, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 acres of barley, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of peas, 10 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,000 woollen factories returning capital, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 265 yards of flannel, $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 200 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $125 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 68 yards of fulled cloth, $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 20 employees in woollen factories, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 woollen factories,   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 tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   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 reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual 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 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 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). "Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/orford-sherbrooke-in-orford-qc076005-1851/.