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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q139046

Berthier, Village and Convent, Quebec (1861 census)

Berthier, Village and Convent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,581. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139046. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.084°N, 73.175°W.

Population

In 1861, Berthier, Village and Convent had a population of 1,581: 727 male and 854 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Berthier, Village and Convent shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,581 total population, 854 females, Female members of the family who are present: 829, 727 males, Male members of the family who are present: 672, 560 single females, 450 single males, 265 married males, 241 married females, 198 females attending school, 101 males attending school, 75 adult males unable to read or write, 70 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 55, 53 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 23 female births, 22 male births, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 165 single females aged 10 to 15, 113 single females aged 15 to 20, 100 males aged 5 to 10, 100 single males aged 15 to 20, 88 females aged 5 to 10, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 65 married females aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males aged 10 to 15, 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,544 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $196,239 value farms (dollars), $7,322 value all livestock, 1,867 bushels of potatoes, $1,237 value garden and orchard crops, 1,031 bushels of oats, $690 value farm implements in dollars, 273 acres of land in farms, 253 acres of farmland under cultivation, 219 barrels of pork, 167 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 165 acres of farmland under crops, 150 pounds of homemade butter, 131 barrels of beef, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 103 bushels of barley, 103 bushels of winter wheat, 91 swine, 87 bushels of corn, 86 bushels of peas, 82 sheep, 72 milk cows, 66 tons of hay, 60 acres of farmland in pasture, 56 acres of oats, 41 pounds of wool produced on farms, 40 pounds of flax or hemp, 30 bushels of spring wheat, 28 acres of farmland in gardens, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of rye, 15 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8 acres of potatoes, 6 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 calves and heifers, 4 acres of winter wheat, 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of peas, 3 acres of spring wheat, 2 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,834 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 134 carriages for pleasure, 40 carriages for hire, 30 yards of linen, 25 yards of flannel, 18 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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, Village and Convent, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/berthier-village-and-convent-qc008002-1861/.