Lachine, Quebec (1871 census)
Lachine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 993. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1474128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.440°N, 73.677°W.
Population
In 1871, Lachine had a population of 993: 490 male and 503 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lachine, 1881 (88.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Lachine shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 993 total population, 503 females, 490 males, 285 married persons, 157 families, 143 married females, 142 married males, 52 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 656 single persons under 18, 336 single males under 18, 320 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 152 inhabited houses, 152 occupied houses, 48 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 11,320 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC108001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC108001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1474128
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 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). "Lachine, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachine-qc108001-1871/.