Stanstead, Quebec (1851 census)

Stanstead was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,567. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244614. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.086°N, 72.127°W.

Population

In 1851, Stanstead had a population of 4,567: 2,314 male and 2,253 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, Stanstead shared boundaries with:

• Barnston
• Hatley
• Magog

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 216 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,567 total population, 2,314 males, 2,253 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,086, Female members of the family who are present: 2,072, 1,459 single males, 1,348 single females, 822 families, 805 married males, 791 married females, 602 males attending school, 530 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 228, Females present who are not members of the family: 181, 114 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 70, 62 female births, 50 widowed males, 49 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 46, 5 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 315 males aged 5 to 10, 285 single males aged 10 to 15, 284 females aged 5 to 10, 278 single males aged 15 to 20, 263 single females aged 10 to 15, 236 single females aged 15 to 20, 223 married females aged 20 to 30, 220 married females aged 30 to 40, 218 single males aged 20 to 30, 197 married males aged 30 to 40, 188 married males aged 40 to 50, 170 married males aged 20 to 30, 156 married females aged 40 to 50, 155 single females aged 20 to 30, 143 married males aged 50 to 60, 102 married females aged 50 to 60, 75 females aged 1 to 2, 72 females under age 1, 69 females aged 4 to 5, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 65 married males aged 60 to 70, 63 females age 3 to 4, 62 females aged 2 to 3, 62 males under age 1, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 52 married females aged 60 to 70, 41 single females aged 30 to 40, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 married males aged 70 to 80, 33 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 28 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 25 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (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 2,856 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,056 persons originating in the United States, 331 French Canadians, 127 persons originating in Ireland, 103 persons originating in England or Wales, 89 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 158,733 pounds of homemade butter, 108,596 pounds of maple sugar, 73,857 bushels of oats, 66,891 acres of land in farms, 44,432 bushels of potatoes, 36,178 pounds of hops, 34,995 acres of farmland under cultivation, 33,680 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 31,896 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,553 bushels of wheat, 18,835 pounds of wool produced on farms, 17,427 acres of farmland under crops, 17,160 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,016 tons of hay, 11,632 bushels of corn, 7,960 sheep, 6,896 bushels of turnips, 3,334 gallons of cider, 2,870 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2,855 bushels of carrots, 2,391 bushels of buckwheat, 2,257 acres of oats, 2,131 milk cows, 2,100 calves and heifers, 2,046 bushels of barley, 1,736 acres of wheat, 1,735 horses, 1,618 barrels of beef, 910 swine, 760 barrels of pork, 689 bushels of beans, 633 occupants of farms, 550 pounds of flax or hemp, 532 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 497 bushels of peas, 449 acres of potatoes, 408 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 397 acres of corn, 218 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 177 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 177 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 170 bushels of rye, 129 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 105 acres of buckwheat, 90 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 79 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 42 acres of turnips, 32 acres of peas, 9 acres of rye, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $10,875 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 9,072 yards of flannel, $5,805 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $5,625 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,470 yards of fulled cloth, 1,250 tanneries returning capital, 1,250 woollen factories returning capital, $725 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 337 yards of linen, 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 18 employees in saw mills, 18 saw mills, 18 saw mills powered by water, 18 saw mills returning capital, 12 employees in woollen factories, 12 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 8 grist mills, 8 grist mills powered by water, 7 grist mills returning capital, 6 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 employees in tanneries, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 tanneries, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   foundries,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   saw mills powered by steam,   woollen factories not reporting,   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 425,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $800 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 year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories 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.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC077001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244614

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). "Stanstead, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/stanstead-qc077001-1851/.