Lachine, Quebec (1851 census)
Lachine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,075. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1474128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.440°N, 73.677°W.
Population
In 1851, Lachine had a population of 1,075: 560 male and 515 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,075 |
| 1861 | 1,056 |
| 1871 | 993 |
| 1881 | 842 |
| 1891 | 1,058 |
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,075 total population, 560 males, 515 females, Male members of the family who are present: 474, Female members of the family who are present: 446, 380 single males, 330 single females, 170 families, 167 married males, 162 married females, 109 males attending school, 108 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 86, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, 23 widowed females, 20 male births, 18 female births, 13 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 71 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 males aged 5 to 10, 66 single males aged 20 to 30, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 62 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 single females aged 10 to 15, 48 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 15 to 20, 42 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 males under age 1, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 females age 3 to 4, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 599 French Canadians, 267 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 145 persons originating in Ireland, 43 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 288,600 tons of hay, 26,270 pounds of homemade butter, 20,581 bushels of wheat, 18,635 bushels of oats, 16,459 bushels of potatoes, 15,000 gallons of cider, 12,000 pounds of hops, 8,707 acres of land in farms, 6,329 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,399 acres of farmland under crops, 3,990 bushels of peas, 3,870 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,378 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,956 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,806 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,256 bushels of barley, 1,047 acres of wheat, 967 acres of oats, 850 pounds of flax or hemp, 783 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 681 bushels of buckwheat, 674 milk cows, 635 sheep, 568 bushels of corn, 566 pounds of tobacco, 480 swine, 453 horses, 399 acres of peas, 286 calves and heifers, 274 acres of potatoes, 240 barrels of pork, 138 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 105 occupants of farms, 75 acres of barley, 60 pounds of maple sugar, 54 barrels of beef, 51 acres of buckwheat, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 bushels of carrots, 28 acres of corn, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 bushels of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,378 yards of fulled cloth, 458 yards of flannel, 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 grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, 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 mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, 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 annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw 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. feet of lumber produced per year by saw 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 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC158001_1881— 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, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachine-qc065012-1851/.