Westbury, Quebec (1861 census)

Westbury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 297. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.480°N, 71.656°W.

Population

In 1861, Westbury had a population of 297: 1,189 male and 1,034 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 1861

In the 1861 census, Westbury shared boundaries with:

• Bury
• Dudswell
• Eaton
• Newport and Auckland
• Stoke

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,189 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,126, 1,034 females, Female members of the family who are present: 949, 842 single males, 693 single females, 325 married males, 318 married females, 297 total population, 155 adult males unable to read or write, 152 females attending school, 124 males attending school, 96 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 85, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 42 male births, 39 female births, 23 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 173 females aged 5 to 10, 167 males aged 5 to 10, 166 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 single females aged 10 to 15, 155 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 28 females age 3 to 4, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 199 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 36 persons originating in the United States, 35 persons originating in England or Wales, 25 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $33,095 value farms (dollars), 19,700 pounds of maple sugar, $8,263 value all livestock, 6,780 bushels of oats, 5,978 bushels of potatoes, 5,613 acres of land in farms, 4,330 pounds of homemade butter, 3,999 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $2,520 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,404 bushels of buckwheat, 2,047 bushels of turnips, 1,710 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,614 acres of farmland under cultivation, $1,348 value farm implements in dollars, 1,014 acres of farmland under crops, 600 acres of farmland in pasture, 581 pounds of wool produced on farms, 507 bushels of spring wheat, 394 tons of hay, 337 bushels of barley, 286 bushels of rye, 219 acres of oats, 210 sheep, 171 bushels of corn, 118 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 118 calves and heifers, 116 pounds of flax or hemp, 100 bushels of peas, 99 acres of buckwheat, 82 milk cows, 53 swine, 51 occupants of farms, 48 bulls, oxen, or steers, 46 acres of potatoes, 38 acres of spring wheat, 34 horses aged over 3 years, 33 barrels of pork, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of rye, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 acres of barley, 17 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 17 pounds of hops, 16 bushels of beans, 12 barrels of beef, 11 acres of corn, 10 acres of turnips, 9 acres of peas, 4 bushels of carrots, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,016 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 745 yards of flannel, 189 yards of fulled cloth, 60 yards of linen, 38 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC016010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC051016_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244704

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). "Westbury, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/westbury-qc016010-1861/.