Lachine, C, Quebec (1851 census)

Lachine, C was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,089. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1474128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.433°N, 73.675°W.

Population

In 1851, Lachine, C had a population of 1,089: 562 male and 527 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Lachine, C shared boundaries with:

• Lachine

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,089 total population, 562 males, 527 females, Male members of the family who are present: 474, Female members of the family who are present: 434, 364 single males, 322 single females, 180 married males, 179 married females, 175 families, 101 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 93, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 83 females attending school, 28 male births, 26 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 15 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 80 males aged 5 to 10, 63 single females aged 10 to 15, 62 females aged 5 to 10, 60 single males aged 10 to 15, 60 single males aged 15 to 20, 56 married females aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 55 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 52 single females aged 15 to 20, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 28 males under age 1, 24 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females under age 1, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 688 French Canadians, 234 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 108 persons originating in Ireland, 33 persons originating in Scotland, 26 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,900 tons of hay, 10,000 pounds of hops, 5,350 pounds of homemade butter, 3,030 bushels of potatoes, 1,100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,050 bushels of oats, 963 acres of land in farms, 690 bushels of carrots, 674 bushels of peas, 650 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 636 bushels of barley, 624 acres of farmland under cultivation, 515 bushels of wheat, 362 acres of farmland under crops, 339 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 240 acres of farmland in pasture, 220 bushels of turnips, 145 milk cows, 120 gallons of cider, 113 horses, 100 swine, 90 pounds of wool produced on farms, 50 bushels of corn, 49 acres of oats, 39 acres of peas, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 acres of wheat, 31 acres of potatoes, 31 sheep, 26 calves and heifers, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 23 acres of barley, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 barrels of pork, 16 bushels of buckwheat, 11 barrels of beef, 7 occupants of farms, 6 bushels of beans, 3 acres of corn, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 90 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water,   gallons of beer produced in breweries,   breweries,   breweries not reporting,   breweries reporting,   breweries returning capital,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in breweries,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in distilleries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mills powered by steam,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 10 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC065009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1474128
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine

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). "Lachine, C, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachine-c-qc065009-1851/.