Lachenaie, Quebec (1861 census)

Lachenaie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 945. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6468337. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.719°N, 73.561°W.

Population

In 1861, Lachenaie had a population of 945: 492 male and 453 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Lachenaie shared boundaries with:

• St. Henri de Mascouche
• St. Paul l'Ermite
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 945 total population, 492 males, Male members of the family who are present: 477, 453 females, Female members of the family who are present: 429, 337 single males, 304 single females, 139 married males, 131 married females, 91 adult males unable to read or write, 83 males attending school, 71 adult females unable to read or write, 67 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 21 male births, 18 widowed females, 17 female births, 16 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 15, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 71 males aged 5 to 10, 65 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 43 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 920 French Canadians, 25 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $317,282 value farms (dollars), 38,475 bushels of oats, $19,358 value all livestock, $15,082 value horses aged over 3 years, 13,935 pounds of homemade butter, 12,465 bushels of barley, 10,555 acres of land in farms, $7,390 value farm implements in dollars, 7,267 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,420 bushels of potatoes, 5,088 bushels of peas, 3,831 acres of farmland under crops, 3,819 pounds of maple sugar, 3,436 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,288 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,594 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,590 acres of oats, 1,039 sheep, 977 bushels of spring wheat, 845 pounds of flax or hemp, $741 value garden and orchard crops, 640 tons of hay, 570 acres of barley, 568 bushels of buckwheat, 474 bulls, oxen, or steers, 470 milk cows, 453 calves and heifers, 395 acres of peas, 352 swine, 330 barrels of pork, 321 horses aged over 3 years, 313 bushels of corn, 185 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 141 horses aged 3 years and under, 103 barrels of beef, 94 bushels of rye, 91 acres of spring wheat, 78 occupants of farms, 75 acres of potatoes, 61 bushels of winter wheat, 51 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 acres of buckwheat, 33 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 acres of corn, 18 acres of rye, 13 acres of winter wheat, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,791 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,072 yards of flannel, 751 yards of fulled cloth, 524 yards of linen, 108 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC001005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6468337
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachenaie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachenaie

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). "Lachenaie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachenaie-qc001005-1861/.