Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851–1871)
Terrebonne, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in 3 censuses between 1851 and 1871. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q139190, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,129 in 1851 to 1,050 in 1871).
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- later split into Terrebonne, Town—Ville in 1861
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,129 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 1,935 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 1,050 | View 1871 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| mère Marie-Anne | 1809–1890 | born here |
| Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1821–1883 | born here |
| Louis Labrèche-Viger | 1824–1872 | born here |
| Louis-Rodrigue Masson | 1833–1903 | born here |
| Joseph-Octave Villeneuve | 1836–1901 | born here |
| Louis-Olivier Taillon | 1840–1923 | born here |
| Alphonse Desjardins | 1841–1912 | born and died here |
| Louis Joseph Forget | 1853–1911 | born here |
| Sir Rodolphe Forget | 1861–1919 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099001— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q139190
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.