Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

Beauharnois, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 874. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.313°N, 73.879°W.

Population

In 1851, Beauharnois, Town—Ville had a population of 874: 451 male and 423 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Beauharnois, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Clément

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 874 total population, 451 males, 423 females, Male members of the family who are present: 383, Female members of the family who are present: 362, 312 single males, 273 single females, 176 families, 133 married females, 131 married males, 78 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 68, 63 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, 20 female births, 20 male births, 17 widowed females, 8 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 64 males aged 5 to 10, 64 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 47 single males aged 15 to 20, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 30 to 40, 23 males under age 1, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 722 French Canadians, 75 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 34 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 45,126 pounds of homemade butter, 19,417 bushels of oats, 16,771 pounds of hops, 16,607 acres of land in farms, 14,356 bushels of potatoes, 8,449 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,158 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,432 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,866 bushels of wheat, 4,968 acres of farmland under crops, 3,729 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,492 bushels of corn, 3,149 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,210 tons of hay, 2,050 pounds of maple sugar, 1,792 bushels of peas, 1,580 sheep, 858 acres of oats, 512 swine, 457 calves and heifers, 434 milk cows, 400 gallons of cider, 399 bulls, oxen, or steers, 381 horses, 334 barrels of pork, 230 bushels of turnips, 188 acres of potatoes, 157 acres of wheat, 154 acres of corn, 114 occupants of farms, 112 acres of peas, 111 bushels of buckwheat, 91 bushels of beans, 65 bushels of rye, 64 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 59 barrels of beef, 54 bushels of barley, 53 bushels of carrots, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 acres of buckwheat, 10 pounds of tobacco, 7 acres of barley, 5 acres of rye, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,918 yards of flannel, 1,248 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 30 yards of linen, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   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 grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   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 daily 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 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),   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, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 3 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC048005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC041008_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139109
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauharnois,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauharnois_(ville)

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). "Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauharnois-town-ville-qc048005-1851/.