Templeton, VL, Quebec (1851 census)

Templeton, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,711. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244636. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.582°N, 75.634°W.

Population

In 1851, Templeton, VL had a population of 1,711: 1,052 male and 659 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, Templeton, VL shared boundaries with:

• Buckingham
• Hull
• Portland
• Wakefield

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,711 total population, 1,052 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,041, 707 single males, 659 females, Female members of the family who are present: 656, 411 single females, 327 married males, 244 families, 232 married females, 38 males attending school, 37 male births, 24 females attending school, 18 widowed males, 16 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 lunatic females, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 176 single males aged 20 to 30, 117 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 males aged 5 to 10, 101 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 females aged 5 to 10, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 20 to 30, 84 single females aged 10 to 15, 65 married males aged 40 to 50, 65 single females aged 15 to 20, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males under age 1, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 females under age 1, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 900 French Canadians, 397 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 316 persons originating in Ireland, 32 persons originating in the United States, 29 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 9 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 14,736 acres of land in farms, 11,464 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,166 bushels of oats, 7,602 pounds of homemade butter, 6,130 bushels of potatoes, 3,372 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,190 bushels of wheat, 2,031 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,381 bushels of peas, 1,322 acres of farmland under crops, 1,310 pounds of maple sugar, 953 pounds of wool produced on farms, 905 tons of hay, 764 bushels of corn, 573 bushels of turnips, 545 acres of oats, 416 sheep, 335 acres of wheat, 331 milk cows, 327 calves and heifers, 315 swine, 261 bushels of buckwheat, 232 horses, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 163 occupants of farms, 139 acres of peas, 135 acres of potatoes, 126 bulls, oxen, or steers, 120 barrels of pork, 72 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 acres of corn, 49 bushels of barley, 48 barrels of beef, 45 acres of buckwheat, 45 bushels of rye, 43 pounds of flax or hemp, 36 bushels of beans, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 19 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 pounds of tobacco, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 acres of turnips, 5 acres of rye, 5 bushels of carrots, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 623 yards of flannel, 253 yards of fulled cloth, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 100, 18 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries 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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   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 leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC067021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057035 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244636

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). "Templeton, VL, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/templeton-vl-qc067021-1851/.