Boucherville, Quebec (1851 census)

Boucherville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,764. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.589°N, 73.419°W.

Population

In 1851, Boucherville had a population of 2,764: 1,341 male and 1,423 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 Boucherville, Village, 1861 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Boucherville shared boundaries with:

• Longueuil (part)
• St. Bruno
• Ste. Julie
• Ste. Julie (part)
• Varennes

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 199 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,764 total population, 1,423 females, 1,341 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,266, Male members of the family who are present: 1,212, 928 single females, 858 single males, 492 families, 449 married males, 442 married females, 210 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 157, 134 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 129, 60 female births, 56 male births, 53 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 206 females aged 5 to 10, 176 males aged 5 to 10, 156 single males aged 10 to 15, 152 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 married females aged 20 to 30, 144 single females aged 15 to 20, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 120 married males aged 40 to 50, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 104 married females aged 40 to 50, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 married females aged 30 to 40, 83 single males aged 20 to 30, 76 females under age 1, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 65 males under age 1, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 52 females aged 4 to 5, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,718 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 6 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 875,950 tons of hay, 52,291 pounds of homemade butter, 46,004 bushels of oats, 18,870 bushels of wheat, 18,342 acres of land in farms, 16,865 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,082 acres of farmland under crops, 9,033 bushels of peas, 8,981 bushels of potatoes, 5,709 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,489 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,387 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,856 acres of oats, 2,747 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,253 sheep, 2,055 acres of wheat, 2,024 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,828 pounds of tobacco, 1,590 bushels of corn, 1,477 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,298 bushels of barley, 1,205 milk cows, 1,167 swine, 900 horses, 871 acres of peas, 549 barrels of pork, 502 bushels of carrots, 353 bushels of buckwheat, 202 occupants of farms, 146 acres of potatoes, 141 acres of corn, 141 bushels of beans, 141 calves and heifers, 105 barrels of beef, 100 bulls, oxen, or steers, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 acres of barley, 74 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 56 acres of buckwheat, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 pounds of maple sugar, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,096 yards of fulled cloth, 1,922 yards of flannel, 800 foundries returning capital, 412 yards of linen, 4 employees in foundries, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries not reporting,   grist mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries 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. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 10 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC052004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC052004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141924
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boucherville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boucherville

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). "Boucherville, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/boucherville-qc052004-1851/.