Berthier, Quebec
Berthier was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1851–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q2991133.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 34,608 | 16 |
| 1861 | 19,608 | 10 |
| 1871 | 19,804 | 9 |
| 1881 | 21,838 | 11 |
| 1891 | 19,836 | 12 |
| 1901 | 18,982 | 13 |
| 1911 | 18,662 | 15 |
| 1921 | 20,509 | 17 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1851 census
- Berthier wd (pop 4,062)
- Daillebout (pop 1,749)
- Isle du Pads (pop 1,084)
- Kildare (pop 2,424)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 2,011)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 1,367)
- St. Alphonse (pop 1,127)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,291)
- St. Charles Borromée wd (pop 2,570)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 2,767)
- St. Félix (pop 2,680)
- St. Gabriel wd (pop 1,933)
- St. Norbert (pop 875)
- St. Paul wd (pop 2,217)
- St. Thomas (pop 2,019)
- Ste. Elizabeth wd (pop 3,432)
1861 census
- Berthier, Parish wd (pop 2,581)
- Berthier, Village and Convent wd (pop 1,581)
- Brandon (pop 612)
- Isle du Pads (pop 1,081)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 2,057)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 1,307)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,429)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 3,110)
- St. Gabriel (pop 3,350)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,500)
1871 census
- Berthier wd (pop 2,245)
- Berthier, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,433)
- Isle du Pads (pop 1,005)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 2,036)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 1,312)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,509)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 3,122)
- St. Gabriel, St. Damien (pop 4,199)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,943)
1881 census
- Berthier wd (pop 2,222)
- Berthier, Town—Ville wd (pop 2,156)
- Isle du Pad (pop 1,356)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 2,240)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 1,314)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,812)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 3,325)
- St. Damien (pop 1,170)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon wd (pop 3,054)
- St. Michel des Saints wd (pop 738)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,451)
1891 census
- Berthier wd (pop 1,827)
- Berthier, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,537)
- Courcelle (pop 304)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 1,715)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 987)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,527)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 3,179)
- St. Damien (pop 1,163)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon wd (pop 3,172)
- St. Michel des Saints wd (pop 591)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,478)
- Visitation de l’île Dupas wd (pop 1,356)
1901 census
- Berthier wd (pop 1,863)
- Berthier, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,364)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 1,706)
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,562)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 3,055)
- St. Damien (pop 1,194)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon wd (pop 2,154)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL wd (pop 1,199)
- St. Ignace (pop 935)
- St. Michel des Saints wd (pop 700)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,292)
- St. Zénon wd (pop 510)
- Visitation (Ile Dupas) wd (pop 448)
1911 census
- Berthier wd (pop 1,814)
- Berthier, T-V wd (pop 1,335)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 1,651)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 969)
- NO DATA
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,591)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 2,461)
- St. Damien (pop 1,274)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon wd (pop 1,960)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL wd (pop 1,602)
- St. Ignace de Loyola wd (pop 1,054)
- St. Michel des Saints wd (pop 928)
- St. Norbert
- St. Zénon wd (pop 594)
- Visitation (Ile Dupas) wd (pop 429)
1921 census
- Berthier (Ste. Geneviève) wd (pop 1,472)
- Berthier, T-V wd (pop 2,193)
- Ile Dupas (Visitation) wd (pop 401)
- Lanoraie wd (pop 1,440)
- Lavaltrie wd (pop 949)
- NO DATA
- St. Barthélémy wd (pop 2,382)
- St. Charles de Mandeville wd (pop 1,172)
- St. Cuthbert wd (pop 2,185)
- St. Damien de Brandon wd (pop 1,043)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon wd (pop 1,170)
- St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL wd (pop 1,667)
- St. Ignace de Loyola wd (pop 1,029)
- St. Michel des Saints wd (pop 1,240)
- St. Norbert (pop 1,048)
- St. Viateur wd (pop 251)
- St. Zénon wd (pop 867)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split into Joliette in 1861.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_QC_Berthier - Wikidata: Q2991133
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier_County
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Berthier
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.