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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  County: Two Mountain

Lachute, Quebec (1851 census)

Lachute was a census subdivision in Two Mountain County, Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,124. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.659°N, 74.286°W.

Population

In 1851, Lachute had a population of 2,124: 1,067 male and 1,057 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Lachute shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 367 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (26 variables)
VariableValue
C10 FAM NO346
Female members of the family who are absent7
Female members of the family who are present1,029
Females present who are not members of the family28
Male members of the family who are present1,033
Male members of the family who are present7
Males present who are not members of the family34
Number of families346
Number of female births in the past year38
Number of females1,057
Number of females attending school162
Number of lunatic females1
Number of male births in the past year39
Number of males1,067
Number of males attending school162
Number of married females290
Number of married males305
Number of single females736
Number of single males737
Number of widowed females31
Number of widowed males25
POP2,124
POP FX N.11,057
POP MX N.11,067
POP XX N.12,124
Total population2,124
Age structure (54 variables)
VariableValue
Number of females age 3 to 436
Number of females aged 1 to 246
Number of females aged 2 to 337
Number of females aged 4 to 539
Number of females aged 5 to 10153
Number of females under age 144
Number of males aged 1 to 234
Number of males aged 2 to 339
Number of males aged 3 to 438
Number of males aged 4 to 529
Number of males aged 5 to 10155
Number of males under age 147
Number of married females aged 15 to 207
Number of married females aged 20 to 3087
Number of married females aged 30 to 4070
Number of married females aged 40 to 5075
Number of married females aged 50 to 6036
Number of married females aged 60 to 7010
Number of married females aged 70 to 805
Number of married males aged 15 to 201
Number of married males aged 20 to 3059
Number of married males aged 30 to 4085
Number of married males aged 40 to 5078
Number of married males aged 50 to 6049
Number of married males aged 60 to 7022
Number of married males aged 70 to 809
Number of married males aged 80 to 902
Number of single females aged 10 to 15150
Number of single females aged 15 to 20150
Number of single females aged 20 to 3072
Number of single females aged 30 to 403
Number of single females aged 40 to 503
Number of single males aged 10 to 15151
Number of single males aged 15 to 20116
Number of single males aged 20 to 30102
Number of single males aged 30 to 408
Number of single males aged 40 to 507
Number of single males aged 50 to 607
Number of single males aged 60 to 702
Number of single males aged 70 to 802
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 302
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 404
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 507
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 605
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 7010
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 903
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 301
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 403
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 509
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 603
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 704
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 803
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 901
Number of widowed males aged 90 to 1001
Ethnic origin (9 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians450
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin1,014
Number of persons originating in all other places1
Number of persons originating in England or Wales98
Number of persons originating in France9
Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland1
Number of persons originating in Ireland217
Number of persons originating in Scotland300
Number of persons originating in the United States34
Agriculture (68 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley12
Acres of buckwheat91
Acres of corn119
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards33
Acres of farmland in pasture6,092
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest16,228
Acres of farmland under crops6,763
Acres of farmland under cultivation128S8
Acres of land in farms29,116
Acres of oats2,064
Acres of peas293
Acres of potatoes537
Acres of rye86
Acres of turnips14
Acres of wheat1,135
BAR AC12
BAR BU112
Barrels of beef produced in the past year163
Barrels of pork produced in the past year788
BEEF BAR163
Bushels of barley produced in the past year112
Bushels of beans produced in the past year28
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year1,101
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year1,680
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year30
Bushels of corn produced in the past year2,120
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year200
Bushels of oats produced in the past year29,441
Bushels of peas produced in the past year2,788
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year28,784
Bushels of rye produced in the past year485
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year2,040
Bushels of wheat produced in the past year10,584
BWT AC91
BWT BU1,101
CRN AC119
CRN BU2,420
HAY TONS372,053
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers165
Number of calves and heifers812
Number of horses681
Number of milk cows1,350
Number of occupants of farms253
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres4
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres66
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres40
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres104
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres24
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres15
Number of sheep1,876
Number of swine1,118
OAT AC2,064
OAT BU29,441
PEA AC293
PEA BU2,788
PORK BAR788
POT AC537
POT BU28,784
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year12,890
Pounds of homemade butter69,935
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year1,970
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year5,318
RYE AC86
RYE BU485
Tons of hay produced in the past year372,053
WHT AC1,135
WHT BU10,584
WOOL LBS5,318
Manufacturing & industry (48 variables)
VariableValue
Barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production 
Barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production 
Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production2,200
Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production100,000
Gallons of beer produced in breweries in the past year 
Number of breweries 
Number of breweries not reporting 
Number of breweries reporting 
Number of breweries returning capital 
Number of carding and fulling mills1
Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting1
Number of carding and fulling mills reporting 
Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital 
Number of distilleries 
Number of employees in breweries 
Number of employees in carding and fulling mills2
Number of employees in grist mills4
Number of employees in saw mills2
Number of employees in tanneries 
Number of grist mills1
Number of grist mills not reporting 
Number of grist mills powered by steam 
Number of grist mills powered by water1
Number of grist mills reporting annual production1
Number of grist mills reporting daily production 
Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent 
Number of grist mills reporting weekly production  
Number of grist mills returning capital 
Number of saw mills3
Number of saw mills not reporting2
Number of saw mills powered by steam 
Number of saw mills powered by water3
Number of saw mills reporting annual production1
Number of saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent 
Number of saw mills returning capital 
Number of tanneries1
Number of tanneries not reporting1
Number of tanneries reporting 
Number of tanneries returning capital 
Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year 
Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) 
Value of annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling) 
Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) 
Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) 
Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) 
Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year 
Yards of flannel produced in the past year1,509
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year1,178
Deaths & mortality (14 variables)
VariableValue
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 22
Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 32
Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 41
Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 403
Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 501
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages10
Deaths in the past year among females under age 11
Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 41
Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 201
Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 51
Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 701
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages6
Deaths in the past year among males under age 12
Total number of deaths in the past year16
Other recorded variables (148 variables)
VariableValue
B LBS69,935
BEN BU28
BOV165
C H812
C LBS12,890
C01 GM NO MILLS1
C01 SEX MALE1,067
C02 SEX FEM1,057
C03 GM WATER1
C03 TOTAL2,124
C04 GM NO YEAR1
C04 MEM OF FAM M1,033
C05 GM BARRELS YEAR2,200
C05 MEM OF FAM F1,029
C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M34
C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F28
C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M7
C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F7
C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID1
C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID3
C108 BTWN 90 AND 100 M WID1
C12 BIRTHS M39
C126 MD MALE305
C127 S MALE737
C128 WID MALE25
C129 TOT MALE1,067
C13 BIRTHS F38
C130 MD FEM290
C131 S FEM736
C132 WID FEM31
C133 TOT FEM1,057
C134 GRAND TOT2,124
C135 DEATHS M6
C136 DEATHS F10
C137 DEATHS TOT16
C14 GM HANDS4
C14 UNDER 1 M47
C143 ATTND SCHOOL M162
C144 ATTND SCHOOL F162
C15 UNDER 1 F44
C150 LUNATICS F1
C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M2
C16 SM NO3
C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F1
C18 SM WATER3
C18 UNDER 2 M34
C19 SM NO YEAR1
C19 UNDER 2 F46
C20 SM FEET YEAR100,000
C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F2
C22 UNDER 3 M39
C23 UNDER 3 F37
C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F2
C26 UNDER 4 M38
C27 UNDER 4 F36
C28 DEATHS UNDER 4 M1
C29 DEATHS UNDER 4 F1
C30 SM EMPLOYED2
C30 UNDER 5 M29
C31 SM NO RETURNS2
C31 UNDER 5 F39
C32 CFM NO1
C32 DEATHS UNDER 5 M1
C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M155
C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F153
C37 CFM HANDS2
C38 CFM NO RETURN1
C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S151
C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S150
C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD1
C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S116
C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD7
C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S150
C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS1
C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD59
C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S102
C52 BTWN 20 AND 30 M WID1
C52 TAN NO1
C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD87
C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S72
C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID2
C57 TAN NO RETURNS1
C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD85
C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S8
C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID3
C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD70
C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S3
C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID4
C65 BTWN 30 AND 40 F DEATHS3
C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD78
C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S7
C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID9
C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD75
C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S3
C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID7
C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS1
C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD49
C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S7
C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID3
C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD36
C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID5
C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD22
C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S2
C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID4
C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD10
C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID10
C88 BTWN 60 AND 70 M DEATHS1
C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD9
C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S2
C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID3
C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD5
C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD2
CAR BU1,680
CD NAMETwo Mountain
CROP6,763
CULT12,888
DE NL1
ENG WLS98
FC YRDS1,178
FLAN YRDS1,509
FR9
FREN ORIG450
GARDEN33
GRA BU30
HELD29,116
HORSE681
IRE217
LINE NO1,449
M COWS1,350
MPLS LBS1,970
MW BU200
NOT FRN1,014
O 10 TO 204
O 100 TO 20066
O 20 TO 5040
O 50 TO 100104
O OVR 20024
O UNDR 1015
OTHER PL1
PASTURE6,092
SCOT300
SHEEP1,876
SWINE1,118
TOT O253
TUR AC14
TUR BU2,040
US34
WOOD16,228

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Lachute, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachute-qc080012-1851/.