Census of 1825, Lower Canada

In the first half of the 19th century, censuses were taken to determine parliamentary representation. The first of these took place between June 20 and September 20, 1825. There was only one schedule and it had 10 questions. Men and women were enumerated separately, and classified by age and marital status. No other information was collected for this Census.

List of districts and sub-districts

See the tables defining this census' districts and sub-districts.

Instructions to enumerators

• Act to authorize an Enumeration and Return of the Population of the Province of Lower-Canada, 1825

Statistical summary

• Censuses of Canada, 1665 to 1871 : statistics of Canada

Column headings

A pre-printed or hand-written form was used, with headings written in French or in English. For your convenience, those headings have been translated.

The columns were not numbered and the headings do not appear on every page.

Column 1. Noms des paroisses ou places dans le comté (Names of parishes or localities within the county)
Column 2. Noms des chefs de familles (Names of heads of family)
Column 3. Nombre total de personnes demeurant dans chaque maison (Total number of persons living in each house)
Column 4. Nombre d’absents de la province, appartenant à la famille (Number of persons belonging to the family, absent from the province)
Column 5. Nombre de personnes demeurant dans la maison au-dessous de six ans (Number of persons living in the house under 6 years of age)
Column 6. Nombre de personnes demeurant dans la maison au-dessus de six ans et au-dessous de quatorze ans (Number of persons living in the house from 6 years of age and under 14 years)
Column 7. Nombre de personnes demeurant dans la maison au-dessus de quatorze ans, et au-dessous de dix-huit ans (Number of persons living in the house from 14 years of age and under 18 years)
Column 8. Hommes (Men)

• De 18 ans et au-dessous de 25 ans (From 18 years of age and under 25 years)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)
• De 25 et au-dessous de 40 ans (From 25 and under 40 years of age)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)
• De 40 et au-dessous de 60 ans (From 40 and under 60 years of age)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)
• De 60 ans et au-dessus (From 60 years of age and over)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)

Column 9. Femmes (Women)

• Au-dessous de 14 ans (Under 14 years of age)
• De 14 et au-dessous de 45 ans (From 14 and under 45 years of age)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)
• De 45 ans et au-dessus (From 45 years of age and over)
  • Non-mariés (Not married)
  • Mariés (Married)

Column 10. Remarques générales et noms de la personne ou des personnes qui ont personnellement fait l’énumération et retour de chaque place, et entre les mains de qui, dans chaque place, il a été déposé une copie de ces retours. (General remarks and names of the person or persons who actually took the enumeration and returns in each place, and in whose hands a copy of the returns were left, in each place.)