Whitworth, Quebec (1851 census)
Whitworth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 424. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.793°N, 69.350°W.
Population
In 1851, Whitworth had a population of 424: 216 male and 208 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
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Modeste and Whitworth, 1861 (51.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Whitworth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 424 total population, 216 males, 208 females, Male members of the family who are present: 200, Female members of the family who are present: 195, 149 single males, 139 single females, 67 married females, 67 married males, 66 families, 17 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 16 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 2 widowed females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 females attending school, 1 males attending school. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 37 males aged 5 to 10, 26 females aged 5 to 10, 26 single males aged 10 to 15, 25 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 21 married females aged 30 to 40, 21 single males aged 15 to 20, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 males under age 1, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 15 females under age 1, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 males aged 3 to 4, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 415 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 13,450 tons of hay, 6,306 acres of land in farms, 4,720 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,360 pounds of maple sugar, 1,939 pounds of homemade butter, 1,831 bushels of barley, 1,586 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,389 bushels of potatoes, 1,092 bushels of rye, 841 acres of farmland under crops, 741 acres of farmland in pasture, 647 bushels of peas, 619 bushels of oats, 574 pounds of wool produced on farms, 330 pounds of flax or hemp, 324 bushels of wheat, 194 sheep, 174 acres of rye, 151 acres of barley, 137 acres of peas, 119 swine, 87 milk cows, 78 occupants of farms, 69 bushels of buckwheat, 67 barrels of pork, 63 acres of wheat, 59 acres of oats, 56 horses, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 calves and heifers, 45 pounds of tobacco, 26 acres of potatoes, 15 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 14 barrels of beef, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 acres of buckwheat, 7 bushels of turnips, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 610 yards of linen, 579 yards of flannel, 545 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 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 saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries not reporting, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, 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, 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 saw mills (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 400 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 4 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC071006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Whitworth, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/whitworth-qc071006-1851/.