Philipsburgh, Village, Quebec (1851 census)
Philipsburgh, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 469. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.043°N, 73.075°W.
Population
In 1851, Philipsburgh, Village had a population of 469: 221 male and 248 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 469 |
| 1861 | 393 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Philipsburgh, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 469 total population, 248 females, 221 males, Female members of the family who are present: 217, Male members of the family who are present: 194, 155 single females, 139 single males, 94 families, 76 married males, 73 married females, 41 males attending school, 35 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, Male members of the family who are present: 24, Female members of the family who are absent: 22, 20 widowed females, 8 female births, 6 widowed males, 3 male births, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 34 single females aged 15 to 20, 32 females aged 5 to 10, 29 males aged 5 to 10, 25 single females aged 20 to 30, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 10 to 15, 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 23 single males aged 10 to 15, 22 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 30 to 40, 22 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 males aged 2 to 3, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 females under age 1, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 females age 3 to 4, 3 males of unknown age, 3 males under age 1, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 235 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 78 persons originating in the United States, 76 French Canadians, 51 persons originating in Ireland, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 4,284 pounds of homemade butter, 1,142 bushels of potatoes, 714 pounds of wool produced on farms, 500 pounds of maple sugar, 374 acres of land in farms, 300 bushels of oats, 294 bushels of carrots, 293 acres of farmland under cultivation, 217 sheep, 114 bushels of turnips, 113 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 106 tons of hay, 105 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of barley, 100 bushels of wheat, 95 acres of farmland under crops, 85 acres of farmland in pasture, 81 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 79 pounds of hops, 64 milk cows, 56 horses, 52 barrels of pork, 52 occupants of farms, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 39 barrels of beef, 20 acres of potatoes, 18 calves and heifers, 18 swine, 17 bulls, oxen, or steers, 15 acres of oats, 8 acres of corn, 7 bushels of beans, 5 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of barley, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of peas, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries, distilleries reporting, distilleries returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in distilleries, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, 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, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, 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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw 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. 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. 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, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Eaton Canadian-American painter (1849-1896) | 1849–1896 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC063004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC033004— 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 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). "Philipsburgh, Village, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/philipsburgh-village-qc063004-1851/.