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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

Somerset, Quebec (1851 census)

Somerset was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.279°N, 71.724°W.

Population

In 1851, Somerset had a population of 2,292: 1,188 male and 1,104 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Somerset shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,292 total population, 1,188 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,162, 1,104 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,065, 808 single males, 733 single females, 366 married males, 359 married females, 334 families, 52 female births, 48 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 14 females attending school, 14 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 9 males attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 189 males aged 5 to 10, 187 females aged 5 to 10, 153 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 married females aged 20 to 30, 115 married females aged 30 to 40, 114 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 single males aged 15 to 20, 101 married males aged 20 to 30, 100 single females aged 15 to 20, 92 females under age 1, 78 males under age 1, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 47 males aged 4 to 5, 45 females age 3 to 4, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,256 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 37,174 pounds of maple sugar, 22,938 acres of land in farms, 19,907 bushels of potatoes, 16,839 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,530 bushels of oats, 6,099 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,742 bushels of rye, 5,033 bushels of wheat, 4,283 acres of farmland under crops, 4,270 pounds of homemade butter, 3,138 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,648 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,087 bushels of peas, 1,816 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,684 bushels of barley, 1,394 bushels of buckwheat, 1,245 sheep, 1,131 bushels of turnips, 976 tons of hay, 747 swine, 692 acres of oats, 450 milk cows, 431 acres of potatoes, 412 acres of rye, 398 calves and heifers, 375 pounds of tobacco, 362 acres of wheat, 306 occupants of farms, 298 horses, 223 bushels of corn, 189 acres of peas, 187 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 164 bulls, oxen, or steers, 139 acres of buckwheat, 126 acres of barley, 85 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 barrels of pork, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 27 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 acres of turnips, 12 pounds of hops, 8 bushels of beans, 8 bushels of carrots, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 7 acres of corn, 4 barrels of beef, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,073 yards of linen, 1,819 yards of flannel, 1,289 yards of fulled cloth, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 employees in grist mills,   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 reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   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 reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   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),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 11,400 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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). "Somerset, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/somerset-qc062004-1851/.