Ancienne Lorette, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Ancienne Lorette (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Ancienne Lorette was a census subdivision in Québec County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,203. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.798°N, 71.408°W.

Population

In 1861, Ancienne Lorette had a population of 2,203: 1,071 male and 1,132 female residents. Population density was 66.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	889
1861	2,203
1871	2,233
1881	2,488
1891	2,444
1901	2,641
1911	2,740
1921	2,620

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Ancienne Lorette, 1851 (22.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ancienne Lorette shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 325 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (28 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	1,069
Females present who are not members of the family	63
Male members of the family who are present	1,015
Males present who are not members of the family	56
Number of adult females unable to read or write	261
Number of adult males unable to read or write	258
Number of blind females	1
Number of deaf and dumb females	1
Number of deaf and dumb males	2
Number of female births in the past year	23
Number of females	1,132
Number of females attending school	130
Number of lunatic females	3
Number of lunatic males	2
Number of male births in the past year	36
Number of males	1,071
Number of males attending school	135
Number of married females	309
Number of married males	320
Number of single females	776
Number of single males	719
Number of widowed females	47
Number of widowed males	32
POP FX N.1	1,132
POP MX N.1	1,071
POP TOT	2,203
POP XX N.1	2,203
Total population	2,203

Age structure (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	30
Number of females aged 1 to 2	24
Number of females aged 2 to 3	37
Number of females aged 4 to 5	27
Number of females aged 5 to 10	156
Number of females of unknown age	2
Number of males aged 1 to 2	21
Number of males aged 2 to 3	37
Number of males aged 3 to 4	41
Number of males aged 4 to 5	28
Number of males aged 5 to 10	125
Number of males of unknown age	2
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	61
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	76
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	82
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	45
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	29
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	13
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	3
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	27
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	92
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	77
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	65
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	37
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	14
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	8
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	108
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	155
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	160
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	21
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	17
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	5
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	99
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	127
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	140
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	37
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	8
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	9
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	6
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	2
Number of single males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	4
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	6
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	14
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	13
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	7
Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	3
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	4
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	6
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	5
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	9
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	5

Ethnic origin (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2,144
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	46
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	1
Number of persons originating in Ireland	10
Number of persons originating in the United States	1

Agriculture (75 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	32
Acres of buckwheat	36
Acres of corn	7
Acres of farmland in gardens	19
Acres of farmland in pasture	5,210
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	3,631
Acres of farmland under crops	10,753
Acres of farmland under cultivation	15,982
Acres of land in farms	19,613
Acres of mangel wurtzel	3
Acres of oats	3,823
Acres of peas	52
Acres of potatoes	257
Acres of rye	4
Acres of spring wheat	33
Acres of turnips	33
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	62
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	426
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	479
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	110
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	510
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	24
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	11
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	91
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	91
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	58,837
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	792
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	22,321
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	43
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	274
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	4,676
C20 WHT SP AC	33
C21 WHT SP BU	274
C22 BAR AC	32
C23 BAR BU	479
C24 RYE AC	4
C25 RYE BU	43
C26 PEA AC	52
C27 PEA BU	792
C28 OAT AC	3,823
C29 OAT BU	58,837
C30 BWT AC	36
C31 BWT BU	510
C34 POT AC	257
C35 POT BU	22,321
C43 HAY TONS	4,962
C47 WOOL LBS	4,065
C63 BEEF BAR	62
C64 PORK BAR	426
HRS ov03 V	28,488
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	988
Number of calves and heifers	664
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	67
Number of horses aged over 3 years	447
Number of milk cows	885
Number of occupants of farms	238
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	54
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	54
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	106
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	4
Number of sheep	1,481
Number of swine	936
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	18
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	3,173
Pounds of homemade butter	26,120
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	1
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	880
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	4,065
Tons of hay produced in the past year	4,962
Value of all livestock	71,218
Value of farm implements in dollars	12,025
Value of farms (dollars)	560,424
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	66

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	750
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	12,410
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	1,957
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	1,711
Yards of linen produced in the past year	1,761

Deaths & mortality (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	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
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	4
Total number of deaths in the past year	7

Other recorded variables (145 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	238
C02 OCC UNDR 10	4
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	13
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	54
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	106
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	54
C07 OCC OVR 200	7
C08 HELD	19,613
C09 UNDR CULT	15,982
C1 Males	1,071
C10 UNDR CROP	10,753
C105 Between 90 and 100 years Widows F	1
C11 UNDR PAST	5,210
C116 Ages not given M	2
C117 Ages not given F	2
C12 GARDENS	19
C12 Under 2 Years M	21
C120 Married M	320
C121 Single M	719
C122 Widowed M	32
C123 Total M	1,071
C124 Married F	309
C125 Single F	776
C126 Widows F	47
C127 Total F	1,132
C128 Grand Total	2,203
C129 Deaths M	4
C13 Under 2 Years F	24
C13 WOOD WILD	3,631
C130 Deaths F	3
C131 Deaths Total	7
C136 Attending School M	135
C137 Attending School F	130
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	258
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	261
C14 CASH FARM	560,424
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	2
C141 Deaf and Dumb F	1
C143 Blind F	1
C144 Lunatics M	2
C145 Lunatics F	3
C15 CASH IMP	12,025
C16 GARDN VALUE	66
C16 Under 3 years M	37
C17 Under 3 years F	37
C2 Females	1,132
C20 Under 4 years M	41
C21 Under 4 years F	30
C24 Under 5 years M	28
C25 Under 5 years F	27
C26 Deaths under 5 years M	1
C27 Deaths under 5 years F	1
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	125
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	156
C3 Total	2,203
C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F	1
C32 INDN CRN AC	7
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	99
C33 INDN CRN BU	91
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	108
C36 TUR AC	33
C37 TUR BU	4,676
C38 CAR BU	24
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	127
C39 MAN WURT AC	3
C4 Members of Family M	1,015
C40 MAN WURT BU	91
C41 BEN BU	110
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	155
C42 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths M	1
C42 CLV TIM GRA	11
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	27
C44 HOP LBS	1
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	140
C45 MPL SGR LBS	880
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	61
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	160
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	1,711
C49 FLAN YRDS	1,957
C5 Members of Family F	1,069
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	3,173
C51 LIN YRDS	1,761
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	92
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	988
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	37
C53 MILK COWS	885
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	3
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	664
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	76
C55 HORSES	447
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	21
C56 HORSES VAL	28,488
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	2
C57 COLTS FILLIES	67
C58 SHEEP	1,481
C59 SWINE	936
C6 Not Members of Family M	56
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	77
C60 TOT VALUE	71,218
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	8
C61 BUTTER LB	26,120
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	4
C62 CHEESE LB	18
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	82
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	17
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	4
C67 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths F	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	65
C68 CAR PLEASURE	750
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	9
C69 VALUE DOL P	12,410
C7 Not Members of Family F	63
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	6
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	45
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	4
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	6
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	1
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	37
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	6
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	5
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	29
C8 Births in 1860 M	36
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	5
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	14
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	14
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	2
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	9
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	13
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	5
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	13
C9 Births in 1860 F	23
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	8
C93 Between 80 and 90 years Single M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	5
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	3
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	2
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	7
CD NAME	Québec
England and Wales	1
Ireland	10
Natives of Canada French Origin	2,144
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	46
Not Known	1
United States	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC042001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Ancienne Lorette, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ancienne-lorette-qc042001-1861/.