Berthier, Quebec (1851 census)
Berthier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,062. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139046. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.088°N, 73.209°W.
Population
In 1851, Berthier had a population of 4,062: 1,913 male and 2,149 female residents.
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 Berthier, Village and Convent, 1861 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Berthier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 213 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,062 total population, 2,149 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,943, 1,913 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,791, 1,381 single females, 1,229 single males, 657 families, 644 married males, 643 married females, 262 males attending school, 261 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 206, 125 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 122, 84 male births, 70 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 41, 40 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 18, 5 blind females, 5 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 3 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 311 females aged 5 to 10, 287 males aged 5 to 10, 265 single females aged 10 to 15, 244 single females aged 15 to 20, 232 single males aged 10 to 15, 219 single males aged 15 to 20, 185 married females aged 20 to 30, 183 married males aged 30 to 40, 169 married females aged 30 to 40, 165 single females aged 20 to 30, 156 married males aged 40 to 50, 147 married females aged 40 to 50, 145 married males aged 20 to 30, 128 single males aged 20 to 30, 85 males under age 1, 77 married females aged 50 to 60, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 76 females under age 1, 73 females aged 2 to 3, 73 males aged 1 to 2, 71 females age 3 to 4, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 63 males aged 4 to 5, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 33 married males aged 70 to 80, 31 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 23 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,824 French Canadians, 199 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 22 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in France, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 710,190 tons of hay, 92,380 bushels of oats, 33,912 acres of land in farms, 33,730 pounds of homemade butter, 26,115 pounds of maple sugar, 21,747 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,919 pounds of tobacco, 13,688 acres of farmland under crops, 12,165 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,835 bushels of wheat, 8,882 pounds of flax or hemp, 7,886 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,805 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,700 bushels of buckwheat, 6,619 bushels of potatoes, 5,814 acres of oats, 5,663 bushels of peas, 3,950 sheep, 2,459 bushels of rye, 1,995 bushels of corn, 1,545 swine, 1,451 milk cows, 1,365 acres of wheat, 1,056 horses, 1,019 calves and heifers, 741 acres of peas, 691 acres of buckwheat, 576 occupants of farms, 493 barrels of pork, 456 bushels of barley, 351 bulls, oxen, or steers, 336 acres of rye, 278 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 203 acres of corn, 198 acres of potatoes, 173 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 acres of barley, 35 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 7,686 yards of linen, 4,814 yards of flannel, 4,559 yards of fulled cloth, $2,800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $400 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 350 employees in saw mills, 250 saw mill plants, 250 tanneries returning capital, 175 saw mills not reporting, 50 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 3 carding and fulling mills reporting, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills returning capital, $2 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 1, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills returning capital, distilleries reporting, employees in foundries, employees in tanneries, foundries reporting, foundries 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 mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, tanneries not reporting, $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). $600 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 79 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 40, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 39, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 21, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 15, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph-Édouard Faribault | 1773–1859 | born here |
| Louis-Marie-Raphaël Barbier | 1792–1852 | died here |
| Abraham Joseph | 1815–1886 | born here |
| Jacques Grenier | 1823–1909 | born here |
| Joseph Alfred Mousseau | 1838–1886 | born here |
| Gualbert Gervais | 1844–1888 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC050004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC050004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q139046
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthierville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthierville
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). "Berthier, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/berthier-qc050004-1851/.