Berthier, Quebec (1861 census)

Berthier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,221. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2899316. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.918°N, 70.723°W.

Population

In 1861, Berthier had a population of 1,221: 612 male and 609 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 1861

In the 1861 census, Berthier shared boundaries with:

• St. François
• St. Pierre
• St. Thomas
• St. Valier

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,221 total population, 612 males, 609 females, Female members of the family who are present: 583, Male members of the family who are present: 569, 415 single females, 409 single males, 177 married males, 174 married females, 131 adult females unable to read or write, 110 adult males unable to read or write, 93 males attending school, 79 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 43, Females present who are not members of the family: 26, 26 widowed males, 25 female births, 23 male births, 20 widowed females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 80 males aged 5 to 10, 79 females aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 single females aged 10 to 15, 70 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 67 single males aged 15 to 20, 60 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 35 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 females aged 1 to 2, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,202 French Canadians, 13 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $144,574 value farms (dollars), $30,333 value all livestock, 18,113 bushels of oats, 18,038 pounds of homemade butter, $16,372 value farm implements in dollars, 14,867 bushels of potatoes, $9,088 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,176 acres of land in farms, 6,397 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,989 acres of farmland under crops, 2,329 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,915 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,627 bushels of spring wheat, 1,511 acres of oats, 1,222 tons of hay, 1,170 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,113 pounds of maple sugar, $979 value garden and orchard crops, 779 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 700 bushels of turnips, 660 sheep, 612 bushels of rye, 381 milk cows, 322 swine, 248 barrels of pork, 244 calves and heifers, 229 bushels of barley, 199 acres of spring wheat, 136 horses aged over 3 years, 127 acres of potatoes, 125 bushels of peas, 94 acres of rye, 94 barrels of beef, 84 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 82 bulls, oxen, or steers, 81 occupants of farms, 79 acres of farmland in gardens, 35 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 33 acres of barley, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 acres of peas, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,269 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,335 yards of flannel, 1,227 yards of linen, 1,119 yards of fulled cloth, 169 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC035001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2899316
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Berthier, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/berthier-qc035001-1861/.