Shefford, Quebec (1851 census)

Shefford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,512. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.382°N, 72.564°W.

Population

In 1851, Shefford had a population of 2,512: 1,313 male and 1,199 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Shefford shared boundaries with:

• Bolton
• Brome
• Granby
• Milton
• Roxton
• Stukeley

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,512 total population, 1,313 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,227, 1,199 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,127, 876 single males, 752 single females, 419 married females, 418 married males, 385 families, 256 males attending school, 182 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 86, Females present who are not members of the family: 72, Male members of the family who are present: 55, 41 female births, 38 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 29, 28 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 220 males aged 5 to 10, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 167 single females aged 10 to 15, 157 single males aged 10 to 15, 155 single males aged 15 to 20, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 114 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 single females aged 15 to 20, 113 married females aged 30 to 40, 113 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 females under age 1, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 44 males under age 1, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 36 females age 3 to 4, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,336 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 468 French Canadians, 374 persons originating in Ireland, 253 persons originating in the United States, 62 persons originating in England or Wales, 17 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 72,387 pounds of homemade butter, 33,090 acres of land in farms, 22,415 pounds of maple sugar, 20,778 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,451 bushels of potatoes, 12,312 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,472 bushels of oats, 7,784 acres of farmland under crops, 6,968 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,770 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,715 tons of hay, 4,828 bushels of wheat, 4,467 bushels of buckwheat, 4,407 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,262 bushels of corn, 2,708 sheep, 2,646 bushels of turnips, 1,221 milk cows, 1,072 calves and heifers, 1,016 bulls, oxen, or steers, 530 acres of oats, 502 horses, 462 acres of wheat, 443 barrels of pork, 428 bushels of carrots, 419 swine, 378 occupants of farms, 295 bushels of peas, 257 acres of buckwheat, 228 acres of corn, 222 barrels of beef, 220 bushels of beans, 216 pounds of flax or hemp, 205 acres of potatoes, 205 bushels of rye, 128 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 127 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 121 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 103 pounds of tobacco, 81 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 acres of peas, 38 bushels of barley, 33 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 pounds of hops, 22 acres of rye, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 3 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,837 yards of flannel, $1,725 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,463 yards of fulled cloth, $525 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 300 woollen factories returning capital, 12 yards of linen, 9 grist mills returning capital, 6 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills not reporting, 6 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in woollen factories, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by water, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting,   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,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC075005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC197010_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244599

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). "Shefford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shefford-qc075005-1851/.