L'Assomption, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)

L'Assomption, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,279. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.831°N, 73.420°W.

Population

In 1861, L'Assomption, T-V had a population of 1,279: 594 male and 685 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in L'Assomption, T-V, 1851 (94.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of L'Assomption, T-V, 1871 (94.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, L'Assomption, T-V shared boundaries with:

• L'Assomption
• L’Assomption, College

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 104 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,279 total population, 685 females, Female members of the family who are present: 679, Male members of the family who are present: 594, 594 males, 440 single females, 371 single males, 215 married females, 211 married males, 124 adult females unable to read or write, 118 adult males unable to read or write, 87 males attending school, 86 females attending school, 30 widowed females, 20 female births, 18 male births, 12 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 86 single females aged 15 to 20, 85 single females aged 10 to 15, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 females aged 5 to 10, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 males aged 5 to 10, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 45 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 43 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 females age 3 to 4, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 60 to 70, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100, 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,247 French Canadians, 26 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $15,674 value all livestock, 140 swine, 125 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 121 horses aged over 3 years, 107 milk cows, 7 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,384 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 93 carriages for pleasure, $80 value carriages for hire (dollars), 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC001001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141754
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption

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). "L'Assomption, T-V, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-t-v-qc001001-1861/.