St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Bernard de Lacolle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,483. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.062°N, 73.434°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Bernard de Lacolle had a population of 3,483: 1,764 male and 1,719 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, St. Bernard de Lacolle shared boundaries with:

• Hemmingford, Township
• Sherrington
• St. Cyprien
• St. Valentin

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 210 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,483 total population, 1,764 males, 1,719 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,616, Female members of the family who are present: 1,568, 1,152 single males, 1,083 single females, 618 families, 597 married females, 581 married males, 295 females attending school, 279 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 151, Males present who are not members of the family: 148, 70 female births, 54 male births, 39 widowed females, 31 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 13, 5 lunatic males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 265 males aged 5 to 10, 255 females aged 5 to 10, 234 single males aged 15 to 20, 226 single females aged 10 to 15, 202 single males aged 10 to 15, 191 married females aged 20 to 30, 172 single females aged 15 to 20, 147 married males aged 30 to 40, 143 married males aged 20 to 30, 137 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 50 to 60, 109 married females aged 40 to 50, 101 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married females aged 50 to 60, 78 females under age 1, 78 males aged 1 to 2, 78 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 females aged 1 to 2, 63 females age 3 to 4, 63 females aged 2 to 3, 62 females aged 4 to 5, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 59 males under age 1, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 58 married males aged 60 to 70, 51 males aged 3 to 4, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,723 French Canadians, 1,035 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 287 persons originating in England or Wales, 203 persons originating in Ireland, 188 persons originating in the United States, 41 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 672,450 tons of hay, 122,281 pounds of homemade butter, 38,969 bushels of oats, 36,933 acres of land in farms, 21,613 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,662 bushels of wheat, 15,529 bushels of potatoes, 15,320 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,738 acres of farmland under crops, 7,460 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,460 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,848 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,391 sheep, 4,992 bushels of peas, 4,982 bushels of buckwheat, 3,441 pounds of maple sugar, 3,044 bushels of corn, 2,479 bushels of carrots, 2,298 acres of oats, 2,117 bushels of turnips, 1,733 acres of wheat, 1,505 milk cows, 1,489 bushels of barley, 1,267 calves and heifers, 1,155 horses, 995 swine, 925 barrels of pork, 560 gallons of cider, 448 bulls, oxen, or steers, 436 acres of peas, 420 occupants of farms, 400 barrels of beef, 376 acres of buckwheat, 353 acres of potatoes, 327 pounds of flax or hemp, 233 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 185 pounds of tobacco, 173 acres of corn, 142 bushels of beans, 134 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 130 pounds of hops, 119 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 104 acres of barley, 80 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 acres of turnips, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,750 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,414 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 tanneries returning capital, 809 yards of flannel, $750 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $400 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 250 foundries returning capital, $112 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $100 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 77 yards of linen, 6 employees in tanneries, 5 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   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 not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   tanneries not reporting,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills. $350 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling).   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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC057013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC092002_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461880
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

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). "St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bernard-de-lacolle-qc057013-1851/.