Weedon, Quebec (1861 census)

Weedon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 809. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138528745. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.712°N, 71.463°W.

Population

In 1861, Weedon had a population of 809.

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 1861

In the 1861 census, Weedon shared boundaries with:

• Dudswell
• Garthby
• Ham, S
• Lingwick
• Stratford

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 809 total population, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 686 French Canadians, 62 persons originating in Scotland, 54 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $50,906 value farms (dollars), 34,191 pounds of maple sugar, $15,820 value all livestock, 12,648 bushels of potatoes, 10,044 acres of land in farms, 7,241 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,201 bushels of buckwheat, 5,941 bushels of oats, 5,854 pounds of homemade butter, $3,770 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,803 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,691 bushels of turnips, 2,530 bushels of barley, 2,061 acres of farmland under crops, $1,796 value farm implements in dollars, 1,239 pounds of wool produced on farms, 695 acres of farmland in pasture, 613 bushels of spring wheat, 524 pounds of flax or hemp, 467 bushels of peas, 467 tons of hay, $463 value garden and orchard crops, 396 sheep, 382 acres of buckwheat, 271 acres of oats, 258 swine, 232 calves and heifers, 158 milk cows, 135 barrels of pork, 123 acres of barley, 110 acres of potatoes, 110 occupants of farms, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 72 horses aged over 3 years, 57 acres of spring wheat, 53 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 49 acres of peas, 47 acres of farmland in gardens, 44 barrels of beef, 37 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 horses aged 3 years and under, 28 acres of turnips, 20 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 bushels of carrots, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,167 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 873 yards of fulled cloth, 687 yards of flannel, 476 yards of linen, 45 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC059007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099013_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138528745

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). "Weedon, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/weedon-qc059007-1861/.