Berthier, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Berthier, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Berthier, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,537. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.084°N, 73.175°W.

Population

In 1891, Berthier, Town—Ville had a population of 1,537: 735 male and 802 female residents. Population density was 3508.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	1,581
1871	1,433
1881	2,156
1891	1,537
1901	1,364
1911	1,335
1921	2,193

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Berthier, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Berthier

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.50
FAM NO	345
Number of families	345
Number of females	802
Number of males	735
Number of married females	273
Number of married males	270
Number of married persons	543
Number of widowed females	52
Number of widowed males	24
Number of widowed persons	76
POP F	802
POP M	735
POP TOT	1,537
Total population	1,537

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	477
Number of single males under 18	441
Number of single persons under 18	918

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,452
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	85

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	312
Number of houses built of brick	57
Number of houses built of stone	1
Number of houses built of wood	254
Number of houses of 1 story	7
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	18
Number of houses of 2 stories	289
Number of houses of 3 rooms	7
Number of houses of 3 stories	16
Number of houses of 4 rooms	36
Number of houses of 5 rooms	56
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	183
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	12
Number of occupied houses	312
Number of uninhabited houses	22

Agriculture (59 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	10
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	125
Acres of farmland in pasture	141
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	303
Acres of farmland under crops	1,651
Acres of hay crops	928
Acres of improved land in farms	1,917
Acres of land in farms	2,220
Acres of oats	149
Acres of potatoes	63
Acres of turnips	2
Acres of wheat	5
BAR AC	10
BAR BU	155
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	155
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	9
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	718
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	960
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	3,061
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	154
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	5,043
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	61
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	262
BWT BU	718
CRN BU	960
HAY AC	928
HAY TONS	881
Number of chickens	1,457
Number of ducks	162
Number of farm occupants who own their land	233
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	69
Number of geese	34
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	11
Number of horses aged over 3 years	124
Number of milk cows	116
Number of occupants of farms	302
Number of other cattle	25
Number of other fowl	1
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	280
Number of sheep	30
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	2
Number of swine	342
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	36
Number of turkeys	18
OAT AC	149
OAT BU	3,061
PEA BU	154
POT AC	63
POT BU	5,043
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	120
Pounds of homemade butter	1,480
Tons of hay produced in the past year	881
WHT AC	5
WHT SP BU	61

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	12
A 201 PL	4
A 51 100	5
BEN BU	9
BUTTER LB	1,480
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	477
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	441
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	918
COARSE WOOL LB	120
COLTS FILLIES	11
DUCKS	162
FAMILIES	345
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.50
FRN CA	1,452
GEESE	34
HENS AND CHKN	1,457
HORSES OVR THREE	124
HOUSES	312
HOUSES B	57
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	18
HOUSES FIVE RM	56
HOUSES FOUR RM	36
HOUSES ONE STRY	7
HOUSES S	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	183
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	12
HOUSES THREE RM	7
HOUSES THREE STRY	16
HOUSES TWO STRY	289
HOUSES UNINH	22
HOUSES W	254
INF 11 A	280
MD FEM	273
MD MALE	270
MD TOT	543
MILK COWS	116
NAME CD	Berthier
OC F	69
OC P	233
OC TOT	302
OTHER FOWL	1
OTHER HRN CATTLE	25
OTHERS	85
SHEEP	30
SHEEP KS	2
SUP AM	1,917
SUP FOR	303
SUP JV	125
SUP PAT	141
SUP SC	1,651
SUP TOT	2,220
SWINE	342
SWINE KS	36
TOT DWLG OCC	312
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	262
TURKEY	18
WID FEM	52
WID MALE	24
WID TOT	76
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC142002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043015 — 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 1891 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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/berthier-town-ville-qc142002-1891/.