Wotton, Quebec (1851 census)
Wotton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 663. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q956507. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.730°N, 71.763°W.
Population
In 1851, Wotton had a population of 663: 369 male and 294 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 663 |
| 1861 | 1,533 |
| 1871 | 1,807 |
| 1881 | 1,993 |
| 1891 | 2,016 |
| 1901 | 1,903 |
| 1911 | 1,914 |
| 1921 | 1,553 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 contained St. Camille, 1861 (35.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wotton, 1861 (64.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Wotton shared boundaries with:
- Dudswell
- Shipton
- South Ham, Township
- Stoke, Hampden, Ditton, Marston, Whitton, Clinton, Chesham
- Tingwick, Township
- Windsor
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 663 total population, 369 males, Male members of the family who are present: 353, 294 females, Female members of the family who are present: 291, 245 single males, 176 single females, 128 families, 118 married males, 116 married females, 21 female births, 20 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 blind males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 66 males aged 5 to 10, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 females aged 5 to 10, 36 single females aged 10 to 15, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 31 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 married females aged 30 to 40, 21 females under age 1, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 males under age 1, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single females aged 15 to 20, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 622 French Canadians, 34 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 100 grist mills not reporting, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, $1 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 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 saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, 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 saw 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, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC055016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099015_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q956507
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotton,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotton_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Wotton, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wotton-qc055016-1851/.