Shipton, Quebec (1851 census)
Shipton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,285. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244603. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.732°N, 72.047°W.
Population
In 1851, Shipton had a population of 3,285: 1,772 male and 1,513 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,285 |
| 1861 | 2,132 |
| 1871 | 2,354 |
| 1881 | 2,347 |
| 1891 | 2,318 |
| 1901 | 1,810 |
| 1911 | 1,957 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 contained Shipton, 1861 (55.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Danville, Village, Academy and College of St. Francis, 1861 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cleveland, 1861 (44.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Shipton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 207 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,285 total population, 1,772 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,536, 1,513 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,350, 1,201 single males, 954 single females, 536 families, 535 married males, 515 married females, 301 males attending school, 241 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 236, Females present who are not members of the family: 163, 61 male births, 46 female births, 44 widowed females, 36 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 17, Male members of the family who are present: 13. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 236 males aged 5 to 10, 234 females aged 5 to 10, 222 single males aged 10 to 15, 196 single males aged 20 to 30, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 170 married females aged 20 to 30, 166 single females aged 15 to 20, 156 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 married males aged 30 to 40, 140 married females aged 30 to 40, 134 married males aged 20 to 30, 119 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 married females aged 40 to 50, 90 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 males under age 1, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 59 females under age 1, 58 males aged 3 to 4, 57 females age 3 to 4, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 52 females aged 4 to 5, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,632 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 551 persons originating in Ireland, 432 French Canadians, 241 persons originating in Scotland, 230 persons originating in the United States, 197 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 80,056 pounds of homemade butter, 53,610 pounds of maple sugar, 43,329 acres of land in farms, 35,257 bushels of oats, 28,675 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,532 bushels of potatoes, 20,690 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,654 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,315 bushels of wheat, 9,395 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,233 acres of farmland under crops, 9,047 bushels of turnips, 5,684 tons of hay, 5,228 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,294 bushels of buckwheat, 3,168 sheep, 2,142 bushels of corn, 1,639 acres of oats, 1,262 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,247 milk cows, 1,184 acres of wheat, 1,061 bushels of barley, 1,024 bushels of peas, 1,022 calves and heifers, 1,019 pounds of flax or hemp, 787 swine, 632 barrels of pork, 533 horses, 457 barrels of beef, 421 occupants of farms, 336 acres of potatoes, 228 acres of buckwheat, 193 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 192 bushels of rye, 181 bushels of beans, 158 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 152 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 148 acres of corn, 135 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 102 acres of peas, 101 acres of rye, 97 bushels of carrots, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 60 acres of barley, 60 acres of turnips, 30 pounds of tobacco, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6 pounds of hops, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,169 yards of flannel, $1,987 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,023 yards of fulled cloth, 900 tanneries returning capital, 750 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 391 yards of linen, $250 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 125 foundries returning capital, 16 employees in saw mills, 11 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in tanneries, 2 employees in foundries, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, carding and fulling mills not reporting, employees in woollen factories, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, woollen factories, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from 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. $470 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 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). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC192017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244603
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). "Shipton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shipton-qc076015-1851/.