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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q112911941

St. Bernard, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Bernard was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,792. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911941. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.489°N, 71.158°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Bernard had a population of 1,792: 925 male and 867 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,448
18611,792
18711,820
18811,731
18911,582
19011,436
1911—
19211,482

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Bernard shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,792 total population, 925 males, Male members of the family who are present: 894, 867 females, Female members of the family who are present: 830, 629 single males, 593 single females, 282 married males, 255 married females, 132 males attending school, 117 females attending school, 113 adult females unable to read or write, 104 adult males unable to read or write, 45 female births, 41 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 167 males aged 5 to 10, 142 females aged 5 to 10, 127 single males aged 10 to 15, 115 single females aged 10 to 15, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 83 married males aged 30 to 40, 81 single females aged 15 to 20, 70 married males aged 40 to 50, 65 married females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 females age 3 to 4, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,751 French Canadians, 28 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 12 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $215,592 value farms (dollars), 39,701 bushels of oats, $38,032 value all livestock, 22,470 bushels of potatoes, 22,099 acres of land in farms, 20,304 pounds of homemade butter, $14,953 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,719 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,380 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,927 pounds of maple sugar, 6,342 acres of farmland under crops, 3,980 acres of farmland in pasture, $3,969 value farm implements in dollars, 3,365 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,035 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,503 bushels of peas, 2,248 acres of oats, 1,989 bushels of barley, 1,933 bushels of spring wheat, 1,472 bushels of buckwheat, 1,196 sheep, $1,162 value garden and orchard crops, 926 tons of hay, 906 bulls, oxen, or steers, 822 milk cows, 667 bushels of rye, 647 swine, 551 calves and heifers, 414 barrels of pork, 289 acres of peas, 257 horses aged over 3 years, 254 bushels of turnips, 247 occupants of farms, 216 acres of potatoes, 177 acres of spring wheat, 168 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 146 acres of barley, 123 acres of buckwheat, 58 acres of farmland in gardens, 54 acres of rye, 46 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of corn, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 11,780 yards of fulled cloth, $4,206 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,539 yards of linen, 2,269 yards of flannel, 305 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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). "St. Bernard, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bernard-qc017005-1861/.