Thetford, Quebec (1851 census)
Thetford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 75. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141995. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.126°N, 71.229°W.
Population
In 1851, Thetford had a population of 75: 39 male and 36 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 75 |
| 1861 | 282 |
| 1871 | 1,092 |
| 1881 | 798 |
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, Thetford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 130 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 75 total population, 39 males, Male members of the family who are present: 36, 36 females, Female members of the family who are present: 35, 26 single males, 24 single females, 19 families, 12 married males, 11 married females, Male members of the family who are present: 5, Males present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 male births, 1 males attending school, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 8 single males aged 20 to 30, 6 females aged 5 to 10, 6 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 single males aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 15 to 20, 4 males aged 5 to 10, 4 married males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 10 to 15, 3 females aged 2 to 3, 3 females aged 4 to 5, 3 married females aged 30 to 40, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 married males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 34 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 22 persons originating in Ireland, 18 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 2,100 acres of land in farms, 1,955 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,325 bushels of potatoes, 992 pounds of maple sugar, 900 pounds of homemade butter, 340 bushels of turnips, 257 bushels of oats, 168 bushels of barley, 150 bushels of wheat, 145 acres of farmland under cultivation, 118 acres of farmland under crops, 52 bushels of buckwheat, 51 pounds of wool produced on farms, 35 bushels of rye, 32 pounds of flax or hemp, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 28 swine, 27 acres of farmland in pasture, 24 tons of hay, 21 sheep, 19 milk cows, 18 occupants of farms, 17 acres of potatoes, 15 acres of oats, 15 barrels of pork, 15 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 acres of wheat, 12 calves and heifers, 11 acres of barley, 10 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 bushels of peas, 7 horses, 3 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of peas. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 58 yards of flannel, 10 yards of fulled cloth, 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, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, 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 not reporting, 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. 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.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC062008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC050011_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141995
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_Mines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_Mines
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). "Thetford, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/thetford-qc062008-1851/.