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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2514459

Verchères, Quebec (1851 census)

Verchères was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,063. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2514459. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.747°N, 73.309°W.

Population

In 1851, Verchères had a population of 3,063: 1,548 male and 1,515 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,063
18613,210
18712,739

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, Verchères shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,063 total population, 1,548 males, 1,515 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,402, Female members of the family who are present: 1,347, 1,030 single males, 1,000 single females, 488 married males, 485 married females, 459 families, 242 males attending school, 197 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 168, Males present who are not members of the family: 146, 54 male births, 51 female births, 30 widowed females, 30 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 18, Female members of the family who are absent: 7. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 225 males aged 5 to 10, 224 females aged 5 to 10, 184 single males aged 10 to 15, 172 single females aged 10 to 15, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 171 single females aged 15 to 20, 144 married females aged 20 to 30, 137 married females aged 30 to 40, 125 married males aged 40 to 50, 125 single females aged 20 to 30, 123 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 69 males under age 1, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 61 females age 3 to 4, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 females under age 1, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,063 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 581,202 tons of hay, 45,647 bushels of oats, 42,115 bushels of peas, 39,791 pounds of homemade butter, 29,938 acres of land in farms, 28,791 bushels of wheat, 22,514 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,494 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,042 acres of farmland under crops, 8,760 bushels of potatoes, 8,216 pounds of maple sugar, 7,394 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,020 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,632 pounds of flax or hemp, 5,987 pounds of tobacco, 3,786 acres of peas, 3,382 acres of wheat, 3,352 acres of oats, 3,331 sheep, 2,696 bushels of barley, 2,232 bushels of corn, 1,533 milk cows, 1,267 horses, 1,183 swine, 1,060 barrels of pork, 962 calves and heifers, 668 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 348 occupants of farms, 312 barrels of beef, 220 bulls, oxen, or steers, 207 acres of potatoes, 196 acres of barley, 132 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 119 acres of corn, 91 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 28 bushels of beans, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,562 yards of linen, 3,837 yards of fulled cloth, 3,007 yards of flannel, $1,075 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $610 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 25 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 9 employees in grist mills, 9 grist mills, 9 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 9 grist mills returning capital, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting, $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   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 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Verchères, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/verch-res-qc082002-1851/.