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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q138094585

Upton, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

Upton, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,184. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138094585. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.837°N, 72.710°W.

Population

In 1851, Upton, Township had a population of 2,184: 1,125 male and 1,059 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, Upton, Township shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 207 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,184 total population, 1,125 males, 1,059 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,024, Female members of the family who are present: 946, 762 single males, 684 single females, 382 families, 352 married males, 346 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 113, Males present who are not members of the family: 101, 94 males attending school, 93 females attending school, 50 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 46, 46 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 33, 29 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 4 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 177 females aged 5 to 10, 155 males aged 5 to 10, 132 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 single males aged 10 to 15, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 117 single females aged 10 to 15, 111 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 109 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 30 to 40, 81 married females aged 30 to 40, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 females under age 1, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 males under age 1, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 36 females age 3 to 4, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,068 French Canadians, 51 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 40 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 negroes or coloured persons, 4 Indigenous females, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,498 acres of land in farms, 17,301 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,283 bushels of oats, 10,930 bushels of wheat, 5,226 pounds of homemade butter, 5,197 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,153 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,443 acres of farmland under crops, 3,301 pounds of maple sugar, 2,772 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,339 bushels of peas, 2,265 bushels of potatoes, 1,620 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,486 acres of wheat, 1,408 sheep, 1,318 pounds of tobacco, 993 bushels of buckwheat, 891 tons of hay, 693 acres of oats, 656 bushels of turnips, 603 swine, 596 milk cows, 516 occupants of farms, 407 horses, 382 bushels of corn, 354 bushels of barley, 343 calves and heifers, 261 acres of peas, 230 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 228 barrels of pork, 221 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 170 bulls, oxen, or steers, 140 acres of buckwheat, 134 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 95 bushels of carrots, 66 acres of potatoes, 39 bushels of rye, 38 acres of barley, 35 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 acres of corn, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of beans, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of rye, 7 barrels of beef. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,037 yards of flannel, 2,960 yards of linen, 1,729 yards of fulled cloth,   breweries,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in foundries,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   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,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   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 not reporting,   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), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   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 cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  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 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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). "Upton, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/upton-township-qc055017-1851/.