Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Lachine, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
Lachine, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,761. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.440°N, 73.683°W.
Population
In 1891, Lachine, Town—Ville had a population of 3,761: 1,824 male and 1,937 female residents. Population density was 1665.0 people per square mile.
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, Lachine, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 681 |
| Number of families | 681 |
| Number of females | 1,937 |
| Number of males | 1,824 |
| Number of married females | 667 |
| Number of married males | 666 |
| Number of married persons | 1,333 |
| Number of widowed females | 88 |
| Number of widowed males | 44 |
| Number of widowed persons | 132 |
| POP F | 1,937 |
| POP M | 1,824 |
| POP TOT | 3,761 |
| Total population | 3,761 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,182 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,114 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,296 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 2,601 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,160 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 476 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 63 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 34 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 369 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 85 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 82 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 357 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 27 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 23 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 57 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 217 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 44 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 476 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 32 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 71 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 36 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 543 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 283 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,245 |
| Acres of hay crops | 355 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,824 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,107 |
| Acres of oats | 252 |
| Acres of potatoes | 76 |
| Acres of turnips | 8 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| BAR AC | 71 |
| BAR BU | 2,287 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,287 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 420 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 412 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 9,164 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 210 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 13,390 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,722 |
| BWT BU | 420 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 150 |
| CRN BU | 412 |
| HAY AC | 355 |
| HAY TONS | 528 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 55 |
| Number of chickens | 2,251 |
| Number of ducks | 35 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 11 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 10 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 33 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 272 |
| Number of milk cows | 339 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 14 |
| Number of other cattle | 142 |
| Number of other fowl | 62 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 6 |
| Number of sheep | 9 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| Number of swine | 127 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 221 |
| Number of turkeys | 6 |
| OAT AC | 252 |
| OAT BU | 9,164 |
| PEA BU | 210 |
| POT AC | 76 |
| POT BU | 13,390 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 36 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,590 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 528 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 30 |
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 6,590 |
| CATTLE KS | 55 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,182 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,114 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,296 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 36 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 33 |
| DUCKS | 35 |
| FAMILIES | 681 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FRN CA | 2,601 |
| GEESE | 10 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,251 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 272 |
| HOUSES | 476 |
| HOUSES B | 63 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 82 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 32 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 57 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 85 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 34 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 217 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 44 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 27 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 23 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 7 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 357 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 32 |
| HOUSES W | 369 |
| INF 11 A | 6 |
| MD FEM | 667 |
| MD MALE | 666 |
| MD TOT | 1,333 |
| MILK COWS | 339 |
| NAME CD | Jacques-Cartier |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 11 |
| OC TOT | 14 |
| OTHER FOWL | 62 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 142 |
| OTHERS | 1,160 |
| SHEEP | 9 |
| SHEEP KS | 1 |
| SILOS | 150 |
| SUP AM | 1,824 |
| SUP FOR | 283 |
| SUP JV | 361 |
| SUP PAT | 543 |
| SUP SC | 1,245 |
| SUP TOT | 2,107 |
| SWINE | 127 |
| SWINE KS | 221 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 476 |
| TUR AC | 8 |
| TUR BU | 1,722 |
| TURKEY | 6 |
| WID FEM | 88 |
| WID MALE | 44 |
| WID TOT | 132 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC158002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076012 — 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 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). "Lachine, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachine-town-ville-qc158002-1891/.