Rixborough, Quebec (1851 census)
Rixborough was a census subdivision in Dorchester County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 9. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.723°N, 70.563°W.
Population
In 1851, Rixborough had a population of 9. Population density was 0.1 people per square mile.
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
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Marlow, 1861 (53.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Rixborough shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 119 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 1 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 3 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 6 |
| Number of families | 1 |
| Number of females | 3 |
| Number of males | 6 |
| Number of married females | 1 |
| Number of married males | 1 |
| Number of single females | 2 |
| Number of single males | 5 |
| POP | 9 |
| POP FX N.1 | 3 |
| POP MX N.1 | 6 |
| POP XX N.1 | 9 |
| Total population | 9 |
Age structure (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 1 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 9 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 94 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 6 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 6 |
| Acres of land in farms | 100 |
| HAY TONS | 401 |
| Number of horses | 1 |
| Number of milk cows | 1 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of swine | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 401 |
Manufacturing & industry (52 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production | |
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of breweries | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of distilleries | |
| Number of distilleries reporting | |
| Number of distilleries returning capital | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in foundries | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of employees in woollen factories | |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries not reporting | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Number of woollen factories not reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C01 SEX MALE | 6 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 3 |
| C03 TOTAL | 9 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 6 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 3 |
| C126 MD MALE | 1 |
| C127 S MALE | 5 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 6 |
| C130 MD FEM | 1 |
| C131 S FEM | 2 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 3 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 9 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 1 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 2 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 1 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 2 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 1 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 1 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 1 |
| CD NAME | Dorchester |
| CROP | 6 |
| CULT | 6 |
| FREN ORIG | 9 |
| HELD | 100 |
| HORSE | 1 |
| LINE NO | 1,100 |
| M COWS | 1 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 1 |
| SWINE | 1 |
| TOT O | 1 |
| WOOD | 94 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054023— 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). "Rixborough, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rixborough-qc054023-1851/.