Varennes, Quebec (1851 census)
Varennes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,300. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142014. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.680°N, 73.395°W.
Population
In 1851, Varennes had a population of 3,300: 1,569 male and 1,731 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 Institutions, 1861 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Varennes shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,300 total population, 1,731 females, 1,569 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,489, Male members of the family who are present: 1,382, 1,187 single females, 1,046 single males, 498 families, 478 married females, 472 married males, 252 females attending school, 245 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 242, Males present who are not members of the family: 187, 66 widowed females, 53 female births, 52 male births, 51 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 39, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 260 single females aged 10 to 15, 251 females aged 5 to 10, 230 males aged 5 to 10, 201 single females aged 15 to 20, 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 169 single males aged 15 to 20, 148 married females aged 20 to 30, 144 single males aged 20 to 30, 141 married males aged 40 to 50, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 married males aged 20 to 30, 68 males under age 1, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 females aged 1 to 2, 60 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 females under age 1, 54 females aged 2 to 3, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 40 to 50, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,285 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 645,485 tons of hay, 77,718 pounds of homemade butter, 72,566 bushels of oats, 31,637 acres of land in farms, 29,045 bushels of wheat, 27,414 bushels of peas, 23,584 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,576 pounds of maple sugar, 14,711 bushels of potatoes, 12,084 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,383 acres of farmland under crops, 9,258 pounds of flax or hemp, 8,053 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,422 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,935 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6,344 pounds of tobacco, 4,212 acres of wheat, 3,693 acres of oats, 3,349 sheep, 2,427 bushels of corn, 2,412 bushels of barley, 2,302 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,083 acres of peas, 1,960 milk cows, 1,377 swine, 1,223 horses, 1,169 barrels of pork, 843 bushels of carrots, 749 calves and heifers, 403 occupants of farms, 289 bushels of buckwheat, 242 bulls, oxen, or steers, 232 acres of potatoes, 231 barrels of beef, 212 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 193 bushels of beans, 155 acres of corn, 148 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 142 acres of barley, 117 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 117 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 107 gallons of cider, 84 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 acres of buckwheat, 18 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,966 yards of linen, 4,834 yards of flannel, 4,594 yards of fulled cloth, $3,125 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $570 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $208 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 25 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 9 grist mills, 9 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 9 grist mills returning capital, 7 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in saw mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills reporting annual production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Joseph Massue | 1786–1869 | born here |
| Marc-Amable Girard | 1822–1892 | born here |
| Louis-Adélard Senécal | 1829–1887 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC082001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142014
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varennes,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varennes_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Varennes, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/varennes-qc082001-1851/.