Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)
Beauharnois, Town—Ville was a town in Beauharnois County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 874. 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 density was 1214.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 874 |
| 1861 | 1,641 |
| 1871 | 1,423 |
| 1881 | 1,499 |
| 1891 | 1,590 |
| 1901 | 1,976 |
| 1911 | 2,015 |
| 1921 | 2,250 |
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:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 321 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 176 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 6 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 362 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 61 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 383 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 3 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 68 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of families | 176 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 20 |
| Number of females | 423 |
| Number of females attending school | 63 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 20 |
| Number of males | 451 |
| Number of males attending school | 78 |
| Number of married females | 133 |
| Number of married males | 131 |
| Number of single females | 273 |
| Number of single males | 312 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| POP | 874 |
| POP FX N.1 | 423 |
| POP MX N.1 | 451 |
| POP XX N.1 | 874 |
| Total population | 874 |
Age structure (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 15 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 21 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 14 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 17 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 54 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 21 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 13 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 18 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 13 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 17 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 64 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 23 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 4 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 46 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 34 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 27 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 13 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 7 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 39 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 27 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 30 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 19 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 6 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 46 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 42 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 29 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 8 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 64 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 47 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 37 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 8 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
Ethnic origin (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 722 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 75 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 13 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 20 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 34 |
Agriculture (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 7 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 10 |
| Acres of corn | 154 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 41 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 3,149 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 8,449 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 4,968 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 8,158 |
| Acres of land in farms | 16,607 |
| Acres of oats | 858 |
| Acres of peas | 112 |
| Acres of potatoes | 188 |
| Acres of rye | 5 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 157 |
| BAR AC | 24 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 59 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 334 |
| BEEF BAR | 6 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 91 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 111 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3,492 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 19,417 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,792 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,356 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 65 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 230 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 5,866 |
| BWT AC | 3 |
| BWT BU | 8 |
| CRN BU | 11 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 400 |
| HAY TONS | 954 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 399 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 457 |
| Number of horses | 381 |
| Number of milk cows | 434 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 114 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 64 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 16 |
| Number of sheep | 1,580 |
| Number of swine | 512 |
| OAT AC | 66 |
| OAT BU | 890 |
| PEA AC | 58 |
| PEA BU | 197 |
| PORK BAR | 94 |
| POT AC | 11 |
| POT BU | 634 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 7,432 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 45,126 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 16,771 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 2,050 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 10 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 3,729 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,210 |
| WHT AC | 195 |
| WHT BU | 925 |
| WOOL LBS | 107 |
Manufacturing & industry (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 daily by saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | |
| Number of employees in tanneries | |
| Number of employees in woollen factories | |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting weekly production | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of saw mill plants | |
| Number of saw mills | |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Number of tanneries reporting | |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | |
| Number of woollen factories | |
| Number of woollen factories reporting | |
| Number of woollen factories returning capital | |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | 500 |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 4,000 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | |
| Yards of cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year | |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 1,918 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 1,248 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 30 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 3 |
Deaths & mortality (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 5 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 5 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 7 |
Other recorded variables (118 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 1,990 |
| BEN BU | 5 |
| BOV | 12 |
| C H | 16 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 451 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 423 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 874 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 383 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 362 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 68 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 61 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 3 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 6 |
| C10 GM ANNUAL NO | 1 |
| C11 GM ANNUAL P | 500 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 20 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 5 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 131 |
| C127 S MALE | 312 |
| C128 WID MALE | 8 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 451 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 20 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 4,000 |
| C130 MD FEM | 133 |
| C131 S FEM | 273 |
| C132 WID FEM | 17 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 423 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 874 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 5 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 2 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 7 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 23 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 78 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 63 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 21 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 13 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 21 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 18 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 14 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 13 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 15 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 17 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 17 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 64 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 54 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 64 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 46 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 47 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 4 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 42 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 39 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 37 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 46 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 29 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 5 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 27 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 8 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 1 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 34 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 8 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 30 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 2 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 3 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 27 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 2 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 2 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 19 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 13 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 3 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 3 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 10 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 2 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 4 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 7 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 6 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 6 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 1 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 1 |
| CAR BU | 32 |
| CD NAME | Beauharnois |
| CROP | 408 |
| CULT | 958 |
| ENG WLS | 13 |
| FC YRDS | 21 |
| FLAN YRDS | 9 |
| FR | 1 |
| FREN ORIG | 722 |
| GARDEN | 8 |
| HELD | 1,929 |
| HORSE | 92 |
| IRE | 20 |
| LINE NO | 1,004 |
| M COWS | 52 |
| MPLS LBS | 100 |
| MW BU | 1 |
| NOT FRN | 75 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 4 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 1 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 9 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 1 |
| O OVR 200 | 3 |
| O UNDR 10 | 56 |
| PASTURE | 542 |
| SCOT | 34 |
| SHEEP | 39 |
| SWINE | 69 |
| TOT O | 74 |
| TUR BU | 5 |
| WOOD | 971 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.