1851
Questions | Reported Numbers | Bibliography
| Questions | Options Appearing on Questionairre | Instructions to Marshalls and Assistant Marshalls | Column/Question Number |
from Comparative Table O: The Origins and Religions of Upper and Lower Canada [First Report of the Secretary of the Board of Registration and Statistics on the Census of the Canadas, for 1851-1852. Quebec: John Lovell, 1853. pp. 20]
|
Origins
|
Lower Canada
|
Upper Canada
|
Total
|
| West Indies | 47 | 345 | 392 |
| East Indies | 4 | 106 | 110 |
| Other Places | 830 | 1,351 | 2,181 |
| Birth place not known | 2,446 | 889 | 3,335 |
| Total Population | 890,261 | 252,004 | 1,842,265 |
|
Lower Canada
|
Upper Canada
|
Total
|
|
| Church of England |
45,402
|
223,190
|
268,592
|
| Church of Scotland |
4,047
|
57,542
|
61,589
|
| Church of Rome |
746,866
|
167,695
|
914,561
|
| Free Presbyterian Church |
267
|
65,807
|
66,074
|
| Other Presbyterians |
29,221
|
80,799
|
110,020
|
| Wesleyan Methodists |
5,799
|
96,640
|
102,439
|
| Episcopal |
7
|
43,884
|
43,891
|
| New Connexion |
3,442
|
7,547
|
10,989
|
| Other Methodists |
11,935
|
59,585
|
71,520
|
| Baptists |
4,493
|
45,353
|
49,846
|
| Lutherans |
18
|
12,089
|
12,107
|
| Congregationalists |
3,927
|
7,747
|
11,674
|
| Quakers |
163
|
7,460
|
7,423
|
| Bible Christians |
16
|
5,726
|
5,742
|
|
Christian Church |
10
|
4,093
|
4,103
|
| Second Adventists |
1,369
|
663
|
2,032
|
| Protestants |
10,475
|
1,733
|
12,208
|
| Disciples |
...
|
2,064
|
2,064
|
| Jews |
348
|
103
|
351
|
| Menonists and Tunkers |
...
|
8,230
|
8,230
|
| Universalists |
3,450
|
2,684
|
6,134
|
| Unitarians |
349
|
834
|
1,183
|
| Mormons |
12
|
247
|
259
|
| Creed not known |
390
|
6,744
|
7,134
|
| No Creed given |
4,521
|
35,740
|
42,261
|
| All other Creeds not classified |
13,834
|
7,805
|
21,639
|
| Total Population |
890,261
|
952,004
|
1,842,265
|
from Comparative Table of the Census, by Origins, of Upper Canada, as taken in the years 1842, 1848, and 1851 [First Report of the Secretary of the Board of Registration and Statistics on the Census of the Canadas, for 1851-1852. Quebec: John Lovell, 1853. pp. 21]
|
West Indies
|
East Indies
|
All other places
|
Coloured Persons
|
Indians
(undefined) |
At Sea
|
Not known
|
|
| 1842 |
...
|
...
|
6,957
|
...
|
...
|
...
|
...
|
| 1848 |
...
|
...
|
16,612
|
...
|
...
|
...
|
...
|
| 1851 |
345
|
...
|
1,912
|
2095 (included in other columns)
|
3,065 (included in other columns)
|
168
|
889
|
from Comparative Table of the Census, by Origins, of Lower Canada, as taken in the years 1844 and 1851 [First Report of the Secretary of the Board of Registration and Statistics on the Census of the Canadas, for 1851-1852. Quebec: John Lovell, 1853. pp. 22]
|
West Indies
|
All other places
|
At Sea
|
Not known
|
|
| 1844 |
...
|
1,329
|
...
|
1,457
|
| 1851 |
...
|
5,643
|
10
|
2,446
|