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Bergeronnes, Portneuf, Escoumins, Sault au Cochon, Isles Jérémie & King's Posts, Quebec (1851 census)
Bergeronnes, Portneuf, Escoumins, Sault au Cochon, Isles Jérémie & King's Posts was a census subdivision in Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,284. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.681°N, 69.167°W.
Population
In 1851, Bergeronnes, Portneuf, Escoumins, Sault au Cochon, Isles Jérémie & King's Posts had a population of 1,284: 843 male and 441 female residents. Population density was 1.7 people per square mile.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Escoumins, Iberville and Mille Vaches, 1861 (41.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sault au Cochon, Islets Jérémie and Bersimis, 1861 (44.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Bergeronnes, Portneuf, Escoumins, Sault au Cochon, Isles Jérémie & King's Posts shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 292 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 90 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 435 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 6 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 717 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 126 |
| Number of families | 90 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 18 |
| Number of females | 441 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 15 |
| Number of males | 843 |
| Number of males attending school | 6 |
| Number of married females | 91 |
| Number of married males | 172 |
| Number of single females | 341 |
| Number of single males | 668 |
| Number of widowed females | 9 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| POP | 1,284 |
| POP FX N.1 | 441 |
| POP MX N.1 | 843 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,284 |
| Total population | 1,284 |
Age structure (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 11 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 18 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 10 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 13 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 36 |
| Number of females of unknown age | 196 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 20 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 21 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 11 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 12 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 15 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 42 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 205 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 18 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 35 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 22 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 11 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 12 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 65 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 44 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 34 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 11 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 17 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 11 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 44 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 101 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 124 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 42 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 23 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 7 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 620 |
| Number of Indigenous females | 282 |
| Number of Indigenous males | 363 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 650 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 12 |
| Number of persons originating in Italy or Greece | 1 |
| Number of persons whose origin is unknown | 1 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 22 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 350 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 7,412 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 846 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 1,196 |
| Acres of land in farms | 8,608 |
| Acres of oats | 30 |
| Acres of peas | 33 |
| Acres of potatoes | 105 |
| Acres of rye | 12 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 116 |
| BAR AC | 22 |
| BAR BU | 708 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 41 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 24 |
| BEEF BAR | 41 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 708 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 267 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 125 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,831 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 456 |
| BWT AC | 2 |
| BWT BU | 40 |
| HAY TONS | 27,250 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 22 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 29 |
| Number of horses | 68 |
| Number of milk cows | 81 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 83 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 44 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 24 |
| Number of sheep | 98 |
| Number of swine | 74 |
| OAT AC | 30 |
| OAT BU | 267 |
| PEA AC | 33 |
| PEA BU | 125 |
| PORK BAR | 24 |
| POT AC | 105 |
| POT BU | 1,831 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 820 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 80 |
| RYE AC | 12 |
| RYE BU | 60 |
| TOB LBS | 80 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 27,250 |
| WHT AC | 116 |
| WHT BU | 456 |
Manufacturing & industry (38 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 | |
| Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs | 3 |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | |
| Number of employees in grist mills | |
| Number of employees in saw mills | |
| Number of foundries | |
| Number of foundries reporting | |
| Number of foundries returning capital | |
| Number of grist mills | |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | |
| 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 | |
| Number of grist mills reporting weekly production | |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | |
| Number of saw mill plants | 22,000 |
| Number of saw mills | 3 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 3 |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | 105,000 |
| Number of saw mills reporting production by number of logs | |
| Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent | 80 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | |
| Number of tanneries | |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) | 2 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 91 |
Deaths & mortality (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 5 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 7 |
Other recorded variables (112 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 820 |
| BOV | 22 |
| C F BAR | 91 |
| C H | 29 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 843 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 441 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,284 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 717 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 435 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 126 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 6 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 15 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 205 |
| C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F | 196 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 172 |
| C127 S MALE | 668 |
| C128 WID MALE | 3 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 843 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 18 |
| C130 MD FEM | 91 |
| C131 S FEM | 341 |
| C132 WID FEM | 9 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 441 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,284 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 5 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 2 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 7 |
| C139 INDIANS M | 363 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 17 |
| C140 INDIANS F | 282 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 6 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 20 |
| C16 SM NO | 3 |
| C18 SM WATER | 3 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 21 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 18 |
| C21 SM NO DAY | 105,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 11 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 10 |
| C24 SM NO LOGS | 3 |
| C25 SM PLANTS | 22,000 |
| C26 SM ANNUAL NO | 80 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 12 |
| C27 SM ANNUAL P | 2 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 11 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 15 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 13 |
| C32 DEATHS UNDER 5 M | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 42 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 36 |
| C36 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 44 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 17 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 12 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 101 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 18 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 11 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 65 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 124 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 35 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 4 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 3 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 44 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 42 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 1 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 22 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 2 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 34 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 23 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 2 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 11 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 2 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 4 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 3 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 2 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 11 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 7 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 4 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 4 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 4 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 2 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 1 |
| CD NAME | Saguenay |
| CROP | 846 |
| CULT | 1,196 |
| ENG WLS | 12 |
| FREN ORIG | 620 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| HELD | 8,608 |
| HORSE | 68 |
| IT AND GR | 1 |
| LINE NO | 1,353 |
| M COWS | 81 |
| NOT FRN | 650 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 7 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 1 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 44 |
| O OVR 200 | 7 |
| O UNDR 10 | 24 |
| PASTURE | 350 |
| SHEEP | 98 |
| SWINE | 74 |
| TOT O | 83 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 30 |
| WOOD | 7,412 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC074014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC074014— 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). "Bergeronnes, Portneuf, Escoumins, Sault au Cochon, Isles Jérémie & King's Posts, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bergeronnes-portneuf-escoumins-sault-au-cochon-isles-j-r-mie-king-s-posts-qc074014-1851/.