L'Assomption de Berthier, Quebec (1891 census)

L'Assomption de Berthier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2899316. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.918°N, 70.723°W.

Population

In 1891, L'Assomption de Berthier had a population of 1,152: 584 male and 568 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 1891

In the 1891 census, L'Assomption de Berthier shared boundaries with:

• St. François de la Rivière du Sud
• St. Pierre
• St. Thomas
• St. Valier

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,152 total population, 584 males, 568 females, 382 married persons, 227 families, 191 married females, 191 married males, 56 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 714 single persons under 18, 366 single males under 18, 348 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,152 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 215 houses, 215 occupied houses, 214 houses built of wood, 166 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 60 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 2 stories, 43 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,886 pounds of homemade butter, 18,026 bushels of potatoes, 15,802 bushels of oats, 8,367 acres of land in farms, 5,990 acres of improved land in farms, 3,426 acres of farmland under crops, 2,527 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,377 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,320 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,882 bushels of turnips, 1,585 tons of hay, 1,323 acres of hay crops, 1,095 acres of oats, 1,004 chickens, 724 bushels of spring wheat, 458 bushels of barley, 431 sheep, 409 milk cows, 403 swine slaughtered or sold, 352 sheep slaughtered or sold, 321 bushels of buckwheat, 277 bushels of peas, 274 swine, 216 occupants of farms, 213 bushels of rye, 202 acres of potatoes, 201 other cattle, 198 farm occupants who own their land, 161 horses aged over 3 years, 135 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 cattle killed or sold, 82 acres of wheat, 51 acres of barley, 43 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 28 geese, 28 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 oxen, 15 bushels of beans, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 bushels of corn, 11 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, 5 ducks, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC171002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2899316
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthier-sur-Mer

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). "L'Assomption de Berthier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-de-berthier-qc171002-1891/.