Ancienne Lorette, Quebec (1861 census)

Ancienne Lorette was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,203. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142218. 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 trajectory across census years

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:

• St. Ambroise
• St. Augustin
• St. Roch
• Ste. Catherine
• Ste. Foy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,203 total population, 1,132 females, 1,071 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,069, Male members of the family who are present: 1,015, 776 single females, 719 single males, 320 married males, 309 married females, 261 adult females unable to read or write, 258 adult males unable to read or write, 135 males attending school, 130 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, Males present who are not members of the family: 56, 47 widowed females, 36 male births, 32 widowed males, 23 female births, 3 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 160 single females aged 20 to 30, 156 females aged 5 to 10, 155 single females aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 125 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single females aged 10 to 15, 99 single males aged 10 to 15, 92 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 77 married males aged 40 to 50, 76 married females aged 30 to 40, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 females age 3 to 4, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 married males aged 80 to 90, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,144 French Canadians, 46 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 10 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $560,424 value farms (dollars), $71,218 value all livestock, 58,837 bushels of oats, $28,488 value horses aged over 3 years, 26,120 pounds of homemade butter, 22,321 bushels of potatoes, 19,613 acres of land in farms, 15,982 acres of farmland under cultivation, $12,025 value farm implements in dollars, 10,753 acres of farmland under crops, 5,210 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,962 tons of hay, 4,676 bushels of turnips, 4,065 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,823 acres of oats, 3,631 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,173 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,481 sheep, 988 bulls, oxen, or steers, 936 swine, 885 milk cows, 880 pounds of maple sugar, 792 bushels of peas, 664 calves and heifers, 510 bushels of buckwheat, 479 bushels of barley, 447 horses aged over 3 years, 426 barrels of pork, 274 bushels of spring wheat, 257 acres of potatoes, 238 occupants of farms, 110 bushels of beans, 106 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 91 bushels of corn, 91 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 67 horses aged 3 years and under, $66 value garden and orchard crops, 62 barrels of beef, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 52 acres of peas, 43 bushels of rye, 36 acres of buckwheat, 33 acres of spring wheat, 33 acres of turnips, 32 acres of barley, 24 bushels of carrots, 19 acres of farmland in gardens, 18 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $12,410 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,957 yards of flannel, 1,761 yards of linen, 1,711 yards of fulled cloth, 750 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, 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 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: 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: Q142218
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ancienne-Lorette
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ancienne-Lorette

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/.