Lachute, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)

Lachute, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,751. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142250. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.655°N, 74.338°W.

Population

In 1891, Lachute, T-V had a population of 1,751: 865 male and 886 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 was contained in St. Jerusalem, 1881 (2.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Lachute, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Chatham
• St. Jerusalem

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,751 total population, 886 females, 865 males, 613 married persons, 344 families, 307 married females, 306 married males, 60 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,078 single persons under 18, 541 single males under 18, 537 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 942 persons who are not French Canadian, 809 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 342 houses, 342 occupied houses, 239 houses of 1 story, 238 houses built of wood, 162 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 99 houses of 2 stories, 95 houses built of brick, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 47 uninhabited houses, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,698 bushels of potatoes, 3,997 bushels of oats, 3,228 pounds of homemade butter, 2,255 acres of land in farms, 1,373 acres of improved land in farms, 1,149 chickens, 882 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 879 acres of farmland under crops, 371 tons of hay, 335 acres of farmland in pasture, 304 occupants of farms, 289 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 285 acres of hay crops, 259 bushels of beans, 257 bushels of barley, 222 acres of oats, 208 horses aged over 3 years, 200 bushels of turnips, 193 farm occupants who own their land, 190 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 182 milk cows, 159 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 156 bushels of buckwheat, 111 farm occupants who rent their land, 100 bushels of corn, 88 bushels of peas, 60 acres of potatoes, 51 bushels of spring wheat, 49 swine, 46 ducks, 45 other cattle, 39 sheep, 31 swine slaughtered or sold, 16 acres of barley, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 6 acres of wheat, 6 geese, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 cattle killed or sold, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 turkeys, 3 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 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 2 people 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: QC137009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142250
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachute
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachute

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). "Lachute, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lachute-t-v-qc137009-1891/.