Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)

Terrebonne, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,935. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.711°N, 73.734°W.

Population

In 1861, Terrebonne, Town—Ville had a population of 1,935: 1,055 male and 880 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, Terrebonne, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• St. Henri de Mascouche
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Thérèse, Parish
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,935 total population, 1,055 males, 880 females, 786 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 635, 620 single females, Female members of the family who are present: 603, 469 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 420, 288 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 277, 263 married males, 244 married females, 124 adult males unable to read or write, 80 adult females unable to read or write, 25 male births, 24 female births, 16 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 256 single males aged 10 to 15, 174 males aged 5 to 10, 158 single females aged 10 to 15, 158 single males aged 15 to 20, 149 females aged 5 to 10, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 86 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married males aged 30 to 40, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 married females aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,904 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $312,946 value farms (dollars), 9,307 acres of land in farms, 7,629 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,045 bushels of oats, 4,106 bushels of potatoes, $3,609 value all livestock, 3,386 pounds of homemade butter, $3,010 value horses aged over 3 years, $2,640 value garden and orchard crops, $1,680 value farm implements in dollars, 1,678 acres of farmland under cultivation, 949 bushels of barley, 807 acres of farmland under crops, 787 acres of farmland in pasture, 423 bushels of peas, 360 bushels of spring wheat, 300 pounds of maple sugar, 268 pounds of wool produced on farms, 264 acres of oats, 248 tons of hay, 240 bushels of buckwheat, 230 bushels of winter wheat, 216 bushels of rye, 200 pounds of flax or hemp, 175 bushels of carrots, 153 occupants of farms, 132 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 115 bushels of turnips, 110 bushels of corn, 84 acres of farmland in gardens, 81 acres of rye, 80 acres of barley, 68 sheep, 53 milk cows, 50 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 40 acres of peas, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 horses aged over 3 years, 30 barrels of pork, 29 acres of potatoes, 28 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 27 calves and heifers, 26 swine, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 22 acres of winter wheat, 15 acres of buckwheat, 12 acres of spring wheat, 7 barrels of beef, 7 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,498 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 700 yards of linen, $567 value carriages for hire (dollars), 153 carriages for pleasure, 63 yards of flannel, 54 yards of fulled cloth, 29 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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: QC055012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139190
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne

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). "Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/terrebonne-town-ville-qc055012-1861/.