Lachine, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)

Lachine, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,406. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1474128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.440°N, 73.683°W.

Population

In 1881, Lachine, Town—Ville had a population of 2,406: 1,072 male and 1,334 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 Lachine, Village, 1871 (25.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Lachine, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Lachine

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,406 total population, 1,334 females, 1,072 males, 721 married persons, 391 families, 364 married females, 357 married males, 123 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,562 single persons under 18, 889 single females under 18, 673 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 391 inhabited houses, 391 occupied houses, 75 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,806 bushels of other root crops, 14,720 bushels of potatoes, 2,517 bushels of barley, 2,498 bushels of turnips, 2,262 bushels of oats, 498 bushels of peas and beans, 456 tons of hay, 337 bushels of corn, 246 acres of hay crops, 109 bushels of rye, 82 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of spring wheat, 54 bushels of buckwheat, 4 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,406 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC092001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC157004_1881 — 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 1881 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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachine-town-ville-qc092001-1881/.