Upton, Quebec (1861 census)
Upton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 931. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138094585. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.679°N, 72.678°W.
Population
In 1861, Upton had a population of 931: 512 male and 419 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Upton, Township, 1851 (29.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Upton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 931 total population, 512 males, Male members of the family who are present: 442, 419 females, Female members of the family who are present: 385, 363 single males, 284 single females, 141 married males, 127 married females, 92 adult males unable to read or write, 74 females attending school, 74 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 70, 66 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 34, 28 male births, 19 female births, 8 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 79 females aged 5 to 10, 75 males aged 5 to 10, 60 single males aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 married males aged 30 to 40, 49 single females aged 10 to 15, 46 single females aged 15 to 20, 45 married females aged 20 to 30, 41 single males aged 20 to 30, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 16 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 888 French Canadians, 16 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $178,288 value farms (dollars), 20,465 acres of land in farms, 18,667 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,175 bushels of potatoes, 7,636 bushels of oats, 7,478 pounds of maple sugar, 5,135 pounds of homemade butter, $4,989 value all livestock, $4,461 value horses aged over 3 years, $3,691 value farm implements in dollars, 1,798 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,221 acres of farmland under crops, 993 bushels of peas, 881 bushels of spring wheat, 672 bushels of buckwheat, $578 value garden and orchard crops, 547 pounds of wool produced on farms, 526 acres of farmland in pasture, 452 bushels of barley, 408 acres of oats, 339 pounds of flax or hemp, 281 tons of hay, 262 bushels of turnips, 180 bushels of carrots, 145 sheep, 122 swine, 102 milk cows, 98 calves and heifers, 98 occupants of farms, 96 barrels of pork, 89 acres of peas, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 83 acres of potatoes, 59 acres of spring wheat, 51 acres of farmland in gardens, 43 acres of buckwheat, 42 bulls, oxen, or steers, 42 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 acres of barley, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 bushels of corn, 18 bushels of rye, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 barrels of beef, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 pounds of hops, 3 acres of rye, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,551 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 496 yards of flannel, 254 yards of fulled cloth, 217 yards of linen, 59 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 179 tons of copper produced by mines, $6,479 value copper produced by mines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 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: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC004009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC004009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138094585
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Upton, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/upton-qc004009-1861/.