St. Bernard, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: St. Bernard (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Bernard was a census subdivision in Dorchester County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,792. 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 density was 40.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,448
1861	1,792
1871	1,820
1881	1,731
1891	1,582
1901	1,436
1911	1,505
1921	1,482

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 292 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (24 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	830
Females present who are not members of the family	37
Male members of the family who are present	894
Males present who are not members of the family	31
Number of adult females unable to read or write	113
Number of adult males unable to read or write	104
Number of female births in the past year	45
Number of females	867
Number of females attending school	117
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of male births in the past year	41
Number of males	925
Number of males attending school	132
Number of married females	255
Number of married males	282
Number of single females	593
Number of single males	629
Number of widowed females	19
Number of widowed males	14
POP FX N.1	867
POP MX N.1	925
POP TOT	1,792
POP XX N.1	1,792
Total population	1,792

Age structure (45 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	40
Number of females aged 1 to 2	44
Number of females aged 2 to 3	32
Number of females aged 4 to 5	33
Number of females aged 5 to 10	142
Number of males aged 1 to 2	36
Number of males aged 2 to 3	30
Number of males aged 3 to 4	31
Number of males aged 4 to 5	46
Number of males aged 5 to 10	167
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	4
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	65
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	89
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	53
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	24
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	15
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	4
Number of married females aged 90 to 100	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	61
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	83
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	70
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	42
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	18
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	8
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	115
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	81
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	50
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	7
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	4
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	127
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	98
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	47
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	5
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	3
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	2
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	6
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	5
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	3

Ethnic origin (4 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,751
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	28
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	1
Number of persons originating in Ireland	12

Agriculture (67 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	146
Acres of buckwheat	123
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	18
Acres of farmland in gardens	58
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,980
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	11,719
Acres of farmland under crops	6,342
Acres of farmland under cultivation	10,380
Acres of land in farms	22,099
Acres of oats	2,248
Acres of peas	289
Acres of potatoes	216
Acres of rye	54
Acres of spring wheat	177
Acres of turnips	4
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	414
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,989
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	1,472
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	46
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	39,701
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,503
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	22,470
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	667
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,933
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	254
C20 WHT SP AC	177
C21 WHT SP BU	1,933
C22 BAR AC	146
C23 BAR BU	1,989
C24 RYE AC	54
C25 RYE BU	667
C26 PEA AC	289
C27 PEA BU	2,503
C28 OAT AC	2,248
C29 OAT BU	39,701
C30 BWT AC	123
C31 BWT BU	1,472
C34 POT AC	216
C35 POT BU	22,470
C43 HAY TONS	926
C47 WOOL LBS	3,035
C64 PORK BAR	414
HRS ov03 V	14,953
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	906
Number of calves and heifers	551
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	33
Number of horses aged over 3 years	257
Number of milk cows	822
Number of occupants of farms	247
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	45
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	22
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	168
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	1
Number of sheep	1,196
Number of swine	647
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	3,365
Pounds of homemade butter	20,304
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	8,927
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	3,035
Tons of hay produced in the past year	926
Value of all livestock	38,032
Value of farm implements in dollars	3,969
Value of farms (dollars)	215,592
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	1,162

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	305
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	4,206
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,269
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	11,780
Yards of linen produced in the past year	3,539

Deaths & mortality (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	3
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 females of all ages	17
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	7
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10	2
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	9
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	26

Other recorded variables (129 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	252
C02 OCC UNDR 10	1
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	7
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	22
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	168
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	45
C07 OCC OVR 200	9
C08 HELD	22,099
C09 UNDR CULT	10,380
C1 Males	925
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	2
C10 UNDR CROP	6,342
C103 Between 90 and 100 years Married F	1
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	7
C11 UNDR PAST	3,980
C12 GARDENS	58
C12 Under 2 Years M	36
C120 Married M	282
C121 Single M	629
C122 Widowed M	14
C123 Total M	925
C124 Married F	255
C125 Single F	593
C126 Widows F	19
C127 Total F	867
C128 Grand Total	1,792
C129 Deaths M	9
C13 Under 2 Years F	44
C13 WOOD WILD	11,719
C130 Deaths F	17
C131 Deaths Total	26
C136 Attending School M	132
C137 Attending School F	117
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	104
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	113
C14 CASH FARM	215,592
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	1
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	3,969
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	3
C16 GARDN VALUE	1,162
C16 Under 3 years M	30
C17 LAND HELD	18
C17 Under 3 years F	32
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	3
C2 Females	867
C20 Under 4 years M	31
C21 Under 4 years F	40
C24 Under 5 years M	46
C25 Under 5 years F	33
C26 Deaths under 5 years M	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	167
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	142
C3 Total	1,792
C30 Deaths between 5 and 10 years M	2
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	1
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	127
C33 INDN CRN BU	3
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	115
C36 TUR AC	4
C37 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths F	1
C37 TUR BU	254
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	98
C4 Members of Family M	894
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	4
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	81
C42 CLV TIM GRA	46
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	61
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	47
C45 MPL SGR LBS	8,927
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	65
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	50
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	11,780
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	2
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,269
C5 Members of Family F	830
C50 FLX HEM LBS	3,365
C51 LIN YRDS	3,539
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	83
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	906
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	5
C53 MILK COWS	822
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	2
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	551
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	89
C55 HORSES	257
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	7
C56 HORSES VAL	14,953
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	2
C57 COLTS FILLIES	33
C58 SHEEP	1,196
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	647
C6 Not Members of Family M	31
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	70
C60 TOT VALUE	38,032
C61 BUTTER LB	20,304
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	1
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	53
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	3
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	1
C67 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths F	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	42
C68 CAR PLEASURE	305
C69 VALUE DOL P	4,206
C7 Not Members of Family F	37
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	3
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	24
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	4
C75 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths F	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	18
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	1
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	5
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	15
C8 Births in 1860 M	41
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	4
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	2
C83 Between 60 and 70 years Deaths F	1
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	8
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	3
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	4
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	6
C9 Births in 1860 F	45
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	1
CD NAME	Dorchester
England and Wales	1
Ireland	12
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,751
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	28

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC017005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC053003_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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/.