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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Price, Quebec (1851 census)

Price was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 42. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.910°N, 71.212°W.

Population

In 1851, Price had a population of 42: 23 male and 19 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
185142
186150
19111,095

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, Price shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 42 total population, 23 males, Male members of the family who are present: 22, 19 females, Female members of the family who are present: 18, 17 single males, 14 single females, 5 families, 5 married females, 5 married males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, Male members of the family who are present: 1, Males present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 6 single females aged 10 to 15, 5 females aged 5 to 10, 5 single males aged 10 to 15, 4 males aged 5 to 10, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 15 to 20, 2 males under age 1, 2 married females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 41 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,350 pounds of maple sugar, 289 bushels of potatoes, 268 acres of land in farms, 198 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 114 bushels of oats, 73 bushels of rye, 70 acres of farmland under cultivation, 58 acres of farmland under crops, 46 bushels of barley, 46 bushels of buckwheat, 41 pounds of homemade butter, 35 pounds of flax or hemp, 30 bushels of turnips, 29 bushels of wheat, 25 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13 bushels of peas, 12 acres of farmland in pasture, 12 acres of rye, 11 swine, 11 tons of hay, 10 acres of oats, 10 sheep, 8 barrels of pork, 7 acres of potatoes, 7 pounds of tobacco, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 barrels of beef, 5 acres of barley, 5 occupants of farms, 4 milk cows, 3 acres of peas, 3 acres of wheat, 3 horses, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of corn, 1 calves and heifers. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 50 yards of flannel, 22 yards of linen,   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, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Price, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/price-qc062014-1851/.