Château Richer, Quebec (1851 census)

Château Richer was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,250. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142001. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.066°N, 71.097°W.

Population

In 1851, Château Richer had a population of 1,250: 635 male and 615 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Château Richer shared boundaries with:

• Laval, VL
• L’Ange Gardien
• NO DATA
• St. Edmond
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,250 total population, 635 males, 615 females, Male members of the family who are present: 565, Female members of the family who are present: 559, 424 single males, 405 single females, 192 families, 182 married males, 179 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 70, 66 females attending school, 64 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, 31 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 22 female births, 21 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 2 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 77 single females aged 15 to 20, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 69 males aged 5 to 10, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 60 females aged 5 to 10, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females under age 1, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males under age 1, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,231 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 253,712 tons of hay, 90,670 pounds of maple sugar, 25,011 acres of land in farms, 16,641 pounds of homemade butter, 16,281 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,882 bushels of oats, 10,161 bushels of potatoes, 8,730 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,221 bushels of wheat, 5,388 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,693 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,202 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,137 acres of farmland under crops, 1,302 acres of oats, 1,285 sheep, 1,016 bushels of peas, 880 acres of wheat, 871 bushels of turnips, 695 bushels of barley, 524 calves and heifers, 504 milk cows, 378 bushels of rye, 330 acres of peas, 329 bushels of buckwheat, 295 bulls, oxen, or steers, 293 swine, 253 horses, 205 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 199 acres of potatoes, 170 occupants of farms, 159 acres of barley, 156 barrels of pork, 148 pounds of tobacco, 107 acres of buckwheat, 91 acres of rye, 80 barrels of beef, 64 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 61 acres of turnips, 54 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 40 bushels of beans, 34 bushels of corn, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 bushels of carrots, 5 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,966 yards of linen, 2,180 yards of fulled cloth, 1,284 yards of flannel, 1,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in distilleries,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 400 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.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, 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 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC064001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142001
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer

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). "Château Richer, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ch-teau-richer-qc064001-1851/.