Berthier, Quebec (1851 census)
Berthier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,109. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2899316. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.918°N, 70.723°W.
Population
In 1851, Berthier had a population of 1,109: 567 male and 542 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,109 |
| 1861 | 1,221 |
| 1871 | 1,411 |
| 1881 | 1,352 |
| 1891 | 1,152 |
| 1901 | 1,080 |
| 1911 | 928 |
| 1921 | 961 |
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, Berthier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,109 total population, 567 males, 542 females, Male members of the family who are present: 519, Female members of the family who are present: 504, 383 single males, 351 single females, 190 families, 167 married males, 166 married females, 100 males attending school, 64 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 48, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 25 widowed females, 19 female births, 17 widowed males, 16 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 81 males aged 5 to 10, 68 females aged 5 to 10, 66 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 single males aged 20 to 30, 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 single females aged 15 to 20, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females under age 1, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 males under age 1, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,072 French Canadians, 37 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 154,850 tons of hay, 24,365 pounds of homemade butter, 13,646 bushels of oats, 9,583 bushels of potatoes, 7,292 acres of land in farms, 4,540 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,351 bushels of wheat, 2,948 acres of farmland under crops, 2,752 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,219 pounds of maple sugar, 1,969 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,879 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,550 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,125 sheep, 829 acres of oats, 723 bushels of rye, 457 pounds of tobacco, 411 acres of wheat, 404 milk cows, 289 swine, 285 bushels of peas, 284 barrels of pork, 254 calves and heifers, 252 bushels of turnips, 228 bushels of barley, 181 horses, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 102 acres of potatoes, 83 occupants of farms, 80 acres of rye, 56 barrels of beef, 50 bushels of corn, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 acres of peas, 36 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 13 bushels of beans, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,594 yards of linen, 1,434 yards of flannel, 1,271 yards of fulled cloth, 100 saw mill plants, $70 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $30 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 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 tanneries, employees in woollen factories, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, 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 grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist 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.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Hébert | 1830–1919 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC049002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC074003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2899316
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer
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). "Berthier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/berthier-qc049002-1851/.