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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec

York & Gaspé Bay S, Township, Quebec (1851 census)

York & Gaspé Bay S, Township was a township in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 606. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.828°N, 64.587°W.

Population

In 1851, York & Gaspé Bay S, Township had a population of 606: 321 male and 285 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, York & Gaspé Bay S, Township shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 606 total population, 321 males, 285 females, Male members of the family who are present: 262, Female members of the family who are present: 242, 215 single males, 185 single females, 100 married males, 96 families, 93 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 47 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 26 females attending school, 12 male births, 9 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 7 widowed females, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 males aged 5 to 10, 38 single females aged 15 to 20, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 single females aged 10 to 15, 28 females aged 5 to 10, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 males under age 1, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 females under age 1, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 450 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 33 French Canadians, 33 persons originating in Ireland, 31 persons originating in England or Wales, 26 Indigenous males, 23 Indigenous females, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 5 persons originating in Guernsey, 25 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 11,147 pounds of homemade butter, 10,748 acres of land in farms, 9,874 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,759 bushels of potatoes, 1,076 bushels of oats, 874 acres of farmland under cultivation, 867 bushels of turnips, 838 tons of hay, 716 pounds of wool produced on farms, 688 bushels of wheat, 683 acres of farmland in pasture, 357 sheep, 356 bushels of barley, 200 milk cows, 191 acres of farmland under crops, 118 swine, 106 calves and heifers, 80 barrels of beef, 74 barrels of pork, 69 horses, 68 occupants of farms, 66 acres of potatoes, 62 bulls, oxen, or steers, 50 acres of oats, 49 acres of wheat, 37 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 25 pounds of hops, 22 bushels of peas, 20 acres of barley, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 bushels of carrots, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 9 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of peas, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $650 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 144 yards of flannel, 98 yards of fulled cloth, $50 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 14 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills returning capital, 5 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). 71,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production.   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.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 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). "York & Gaspé Bay S, Township, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/york-gasp-bay-s-township-qc056006-1851/.