Lachenaie, Quebec (1891 census)

Lachenaie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 608. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6468337. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.718°N, 73.562°W.

Population

In 1891, Lachenaie had a population of 608: 289 male and 319 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Lachenaie shared boundaries with:

• St. Henri de Mascouche
• St. Louis
• St. Paul l'Ermite
• Terrebonne, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 608 total population, 319 females, 289 males, 177 married persons, 122 families, 89 married females, 88 married males, 24 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 5 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 407 single persons under 18, 211 single females under 18, 196 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 608 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 119 houses, 119 houses of 1 story, 119 occupied houses, 93 houses built of wood, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses built of stone, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,345 pounds of homemade butter, 20,712 bushels of oats, 9,584 acres of land in farms, 7,763 bushels of potatoes, 7,064 acres of improved land in farms, 5,504 acres of farmland under crops, 3,979 chickens, 2,617 bushels of barley, 2,561 bushels of peas, 2,520 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,205 bushels of buckwheat, 1,947 acres of oats, 1,838 tons of hay, 1,802 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,688 acres of hay crops, 1,530 acres of farmland in pasture, 810 geese, 697 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 655 bushels of spring wheat, 635 sheep, 603 bushels of turnips, 589 bushels of corn, 519 swine, 354 other cattle, 350 turkeys, 332 swine slaughtered or sold, 325 sheep slaughtered or sold, 318 milk cows, 314 ducks, 247 horses aged over 3 years, 177 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 159 acres of barley, 156 bushels of rye, 154 cattle killed or sold, 142 bushels of beans, 126 horses aged 3 years and under, 105 acres of potatoes, 99 acres of wheat, 88 occupants of farms, 63 farm occupants who own their land, 35 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC162001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6468337
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachenaie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachenaie

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Lachenaie, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachenaie-qc162001-1891/.