Iberville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

Iberville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,294. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q266929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.305°N, 73.238°W.

Population

In 1851, Iberville, Town—Ville had a population of 1,294: 668 male and 626 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, Iberville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Athanase

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 196 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,294 total population, 668 males, 626 females, Male members of the family who are present: 609, Female members of the family who are present: 572, 425 single males, 367 single females, 262 families, 230 married males, 222 married females, 64 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 42 females attending school, 37 widowed females, 30 female births, 29 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 25, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 13 widowed males, 5 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 92 males aged 5 to 10, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 70 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 females aged 5 to 10, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 57 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 females under age 1, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 31 males under age 1, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,207 French Canadians, 24 persons originating in England or Wales, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in all other places, 10 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 15,410 tons of hay, 2,472 bushels of oats, 2,105 pounds of homemade butter, 1,790 acres of land in farms, 1,351 bushels of wheat, 1,029 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 761 acres of farmland under cultivation, 571 acres of farmland under crops, 559 bushels of potatoes, 419 bushels of peas, 417 pounds of wool produced on farms, 400 bushels of buckwheat, 361 pounds of tobacco, 280 bushels of corn, 250 occupants of farms, 230 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 176 acres of wheat, 171 sheep, 167 horses, 154 acres of oats, 137 pounds of flax or hemp, 128 swine, 123 milk cows, 98 acres of farmland in pasture, 97 bushels of barley, 92 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 58 acres of peas, 45 bushels of rye, 31 calves and heifers, 24 acres of buckwheat, 17 bushels of carrots, 16 barrels of pork, 10 acres of barley, 10 bushels of beans, 8 acres of corn, 8 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 7 acres of potatoes, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 261 yards of fulled cloth, 155 yards of flannel, $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 126 yards of linen, 8 employees in woollen factories, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting,   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,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills reporting annual 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 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 grist 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. $750 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling).   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 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 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC072001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC059008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q266929
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberville_(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). "Iberville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/iberville-town-ville-qc072001-1851/.